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US History
Chapter 13 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| American Exceptionalism | origin: city on a hill function: belief that US can have the right to tell others what to do |
| American Expansionism | origin: excetpionalism function: populating land for a purpose; power leads to political, money, military |
| American Dream | origin: frontier/oppertunity function: better life, expansion, individualism; success, freedom, opportunity |
| American Outsider | origin: wealth/poverty, racism, sexism function: challenge ideals |
| Great Plains | -the grassland extending through the west-central portion of the US -two distinct and very developed Native American ways of life existed here |
| Homestead Act | -passed in 1862 by congress -offered 160 acres of land free to anyone who would live on and cultivate the land for 5 years -lots of families took advantage of this offer from the govt |
| Exodusters | -African Americans who moved from the post-reconstruction South to Kansas in a great exodus -several thousand settlers were like this |
| Sand Creek Massacre | -November 29, 1863 -Chivington and his troops went to 500 Cheyenne camped out -Chivington wanted to seek revenge on the Native Americans for killing his family -200 Native Americans killed -mostly women and children killed |
| Sitting Bull | -aka Tatanka Yotanka -medicine man and leader of the Sioux |
| George Armstrong Custer | -civil war hero -colonel in the 7th Calvary to investigate and send back a report on the gold situation in the Black Hills of South Dakota |
| Assimulation | -Native Americans were expected to give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture |
| Dawes Act | -1887; an effort to make assimulation the official government policy the act was passed -broke up the reservations -aim of this was to "americanize" the Native Americans by cultivating in them the desire to own property and farm -broke up reservations |
| Ghost Dance | -a ritual dance -the Sioux were promised that if they performed this dance the buffalo would return -spread rapidly among 25000 Sioux on the Dakota reservation |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | -there was a misunderstanding of the Ghost Dance...what triggered the battle -this event brought the Indian wars----and an entire era to a bitter end -corpse left to freeze on the ground -7th Calvary |
| Longhorn | -cattle brought by the Spainards, first to the West Indies and then to Mexico -sturdy, long-horned, short-tempered breeds that were accustomed to the dry grasslands of Andalusia (Southern Spain) -used the horses as work animals and the cattle for food |
| James Bulter "Wild Bill" Hickok | -legendary figure -served as a scout and a spy during the civil war -marshal in Abilene, Kansas -violent man, who was shot and killed while holding a pair of aces "dead mans hand" |
| "Calamity Jane" Martha Jane Cannary | -expert market woman -dressed like a man -spread exaggerated stories about herself, and some historians think she was a scout for Colonel George Custer -an entertainer for 'Wild West Shows' |
| Long Drive | -took place after the herd was gathered and branded -the trail boss chose a crew for this |
| Homesteader | -settlers on the Great Plains |
| Soddy | -sod home -small homes, that offered little light or air -warm in the winter and cool in summer -was like an island of color when the wild flowers bloomed -fire proof -leaked when rained |
| Morrill Land Grant Acts | 1862 and 1890 -gave federal land to the states to help finance agriculture colleges |
| Bonaza Farms | -created by George Cass and Oliver Darlymple -enormous, single-crop spreads of 10,000 acres or more |
| Bimetalism | -the "free silverites" favored this -a policy in which the govt would give people either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency or checks |
| William McKinley | -a conservative Ohioian for president -committed to the gold standard |
| William Jennings Bryan | -former member of Congress from Nebraska -editor of the Omaha "World Herald" -delivered an impassionate address to the assembled delegates (excerpt known as "Cross of Gold" |
| Oliver Kelley | -farmer -started the Patrons of Husbandry (an organization known as the Grange) |
| Grange | -organization for farmers -purpose was to provide a social outlet and an educational forum for isolated farm families -gave rise to other organizations, such as Farmer's Alliance |
| Populism | -the movement of the people -born with the people's party in 1892 |
| Meritocracy | -not bound by family, but by action -the present, NOT the past |
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