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NC USH Goal 4
The Great West Review by Matt Ingram
Question | Answer |
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"Fifty Four Forty or Fight" was the slogan dealing with the dispute over what territory? | Oregon |
The treaty that ended the Mexican War | Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo |
Loyalty to one region of the country, this created much division in the US as there were 'southerners' and 'northerners' | Sectionalism |
Belief that the US should expand across the continent | Manifest Destiny |
Act that encouraged settlers to move west by giving them 160 acres of land | Homestead Act |
Act that gave states land for universities, colleges | Morrill Land Grant |
This invention dramatically closed the west, ending the open range | Barbwire |
The process of making Indians become more American or 'white' or civilized | Assimilation |
The final battle of the Indian Wars where the natives lost | Wounded Knee |
Political group made up of farmers and working class people, mainly from the west | Populists |
Farmers were in constant debt to and constant battle with ... | Railroads |
This group supported bimetallism whereby US currency would be backed by gold and silver | Farmers |
Populist candidate who unsuccessfully ran for president in 1896 and gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech | William Jennings Bryan |
Religious group that moved out west due to persecution and settled in the Utah territory | Mormons |
This invention helped farmers on the Great Plains get access to water | Windmill |
Battle also known as Custer's Last Stand where Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were victorious | Little Big Horn |