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The Expansion West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pacific Railroad Act. year? 2 companies? | 1862; Union pacific from Omaha(going west) and central pacific from sacramento (going east) |
| Union Pacific. who? why? Omaha? | irish. came after potato famine; = THE FRONTIER |
| central pacific. who? record? why so long? | chinese. 10 miles; went thru rocky mountains |
| How much for flat, hilly, and mountains? | 16K, 32K, 48K |
| Where and when do the railroads meet? how many years did it take to complete? trip across america time now and then? demands? | promontory Point, 1869; 7 years; from 3 months to 2-3 weeks; more demands bc of trade |
| how many transcontinental railroads yb 1893? public and private? | 3 public, 1 private. public failed, private succeeded |
| immigration mostly from where? 1st wave? gilded age? | eastern and southern europe. 1st - irish and germans; gilded - eastern a dn southern europe (slavs) |
| majority of those coming from southern europe are what religion? | roman catholic; today its protestant catholic |
| savs religion? | romand and orthodox catholic |
| what religion ws america mostly? bombarded by whom? | protestant; catholic influences |
| how many ppl in: 1860, 70, 80, 1900, today? | 31 mil, 38, 50, 74, 360 mil |
| Homestead act. year? president passed law? acres? must do what? how may years? | 1862; Lincoln; 160; improve the land in 5 years they get to keep it; |
| mineral wealth of the west very inviting. why? main? Comstock..how much? "boom towns"? | Gold!!! gold rush; 4 million; ppl surrounded by minerals, when gone they leave. |
| howo many states brought in at this time? | 11 |
| US EXPANSION BROUGHT WHAT? | wars on indian nations |
| Plain Wars 60's-90's. conquer how? buffalo Soilders? | killing buffalo bc thats their survival; black soilders, indains scared of them |
| bbiggest indian war? years? nickname? | battle of little bighorn (1876) "custers last stand" Custer dies |
| George Custer? | symbol of fighting on the frontier; show-off... wanted attention: everybody loved his hair: bad to the bone |
| Indians greatest victory and worst. why? | killed Custer- killed US idol. next year brutal and indians quit and get put on reservations |
| Cheif Joseph decided? | didn't want to go on reservation; went to canada; all over news; cahsed down and brought back! |
| when did indian resistance end? pinpointed? until when? | 1890; Oklahoma; they found good minerals and pass Dawes Act 1887 |
| Dawes Act? year?does what? | 1887;Designed to end communal ownership and aloud private ownership of land; Tribes lost about 50% of remaining land;opened the other 50% of land up for american settlement.. RACES;Oklahoma Land Rushers |
| name of OK ppl? | "Sooners" name applied to ppl from Oklahoma |
| Fredrick Jackson Turner. thesis? year? based off of? frontier? | "The Frontier Thesis" (1893) Based off of 1890 Census;always been the frontier until 1890; the frontier is what has created the american culture, he says. but its gone now.;no frontier counties;frontier gone |
| Frontier did what for america? | shaped it |
| No frontier left??! why? | in 1890's we're now expanding wayyyyy west... to over seas! america has become industrialized, added 11 states in 25 years, and now the frontier is gone, entering a new era of US history! Now its expanding over seas! |
| Pacific Area? 3 coutnries? | japan, alaska, hawaii |
| Japan. years? what? | Japan (Treaty of Kanagawa) (1854) force them to open up a few ports for the US to trade |
| alaska. called? year? | owned NW part of america in 1860's they said they're willing to sell alaska sect of state pushes hard to by alaska "seaward's folly" bc its remote and desolate and a mistake found large amounts of oil and gold! |
| Hawii; years? what went down? | ALOT of agricultural goods come from here bc it has good climate and growing seasons queen doesn't want american influence 1891 business men come in and take over next 7-8 years they beg US to make them a state, |
| monroe doctrine?? | US has seen western hemisphere ours over north and south america. says any european countries messing with any country in west. hemisphere, your messing with US interest |
| yellow journalism | revolt in cuba against spanish, spanish are fighting back americans newspaper journalist were exaggerating the facts trying to evoke emotion and lead you to a conclusion trying to get americans angry at Spanish very successful |
| U.S.S Maine | sank of the coast of Cuba as entering the bay in cuba it hits a torpedo and blows up--- so we're told! americans say thats the last straw and they're going to go to war with the spanish; it was really just a explosion in the boiler room |
| Spanish-American War | 4 months long 1898 mostly died of disease Teddy Roosevelt and "Rough Riders" big name that emerged lose 30,000 men we win! |
| Treaty of paris- effects of the war? | 1898; US made protectorate over Cuba- we are going to protect cuba until 1959; US made Imperial power;annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines;Guam and Puerto Rico=territories Philippines are independent ;Annexed Hawaii;Take Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| election of 1900. who? | Mckinley and Bryan Rematch of 96 election! 1. Referendum on Imperialism If you like how things are going, you vote McKinley Mckinley added Teddy Roosevelt as VP. why? because he's the war hero |
| election of 1900. platforms? | R:non-western countries call "the white mans burden",SD=westerners help "inferior people"cuba better bc we're there they're going to have a better life D:saying we're there to rule these countries and give them their independence-not to better their live |
| election of 1900. who won? why? | mckinley. Spanish america war way to popular house house name (Mckinley) Mckinley won NY 1st time southern ppl vote for republican party wins bc we approve of getting other countries |
| China's spheres of influence?` | Only german ships and merchants could trade with the chinese in the sphere of influence Corners off trade. When the country wants to sell their good to other countries, it will only be to one country |
| Spheres of influence/ US? problem? answer? japan? | US is late in trying to trade with china all trade is taken, so we adopt the Open Door Policy come and go anytime we want Europe catches on that we are just doing this to get our own benefits Japan stepped up and opened trade and china didn't |
| boxer rebellion. year? what went down? | 1900; sweeps chain against foreigners ; kill all westerners ; european nations team up and go against them ;going to fail..... european powers decided their gonna cut up china and make it into colonies |
| Boxer rebellion result? | US saves China bc we will never have hope to tap into the trade! US gets everyone to support a fine that China will pay for the damage done. China pays a TON of money we are now friends with china up until 1989 when communists take it over! |
| Perry | Perry - set up trade with japan - Japan goes on big building spree |
| Hay | Hay - sect of state proposed open door policy |
| imperalism | imperialism - extension of power by one ppl or country over another country or region |
| Battle of manilia bay. who? what country? | Battle of Manila Bay - George Dewey - Philippines left in the hand of us |
| Turner - EXPLAIN! | |
| Essay - open-door policy | Essay - open door policy meaning boxer rebellion europeans against open door? etc. |
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