Mr. Stickler's Liberty Christian US HIST "Industrializatn." Test Flashcards 2018
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| What were "boomtowns"? | show 🗑
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| show | This term relates to self - appointed volunteers who would track down and punish wrongdoers in "boomtowns". (Pg. 159)
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| show | This process works by blasting high pressure water against hills or mountainsides to wash away dirt, gravel, and rock and expose the minerals beneath. (Pg. 161)
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| What was the main problem with "hydraulic mining"? | show 🗑
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| show | This term refers to "a vast area of grassland that the federal government owned. It was used by cowboys to conduct cattle drives. (Pg. 162)
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| What industry took over as the main source of revenue from livestock once the cattle industry died out in the 1880's? | show 🗑
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| What does the term "haciendas" refer to? | show 🗑
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| show | This is the term for Hispanic neighborhoods in places like El Paso, TX.; Albuquerque, NM.; and Los Angeles, CA. (Pg. 165)
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| show | This term refers to "a tract of public land available for settlement". (Pg. 167)
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| Explain how the technique of "dry farming" works. | show 🗑
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| show | This term refers to the farmers who plowed the Plains. (Pg. 169)
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| Where did the "Wheat Belt" begin and end? | show 🗑
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| show | These were very large farms that covered several hundred acres (some were as large as 50,000 acres!) that yielded huge profits. (Pg. 169)
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| In the paper that we read - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893" - what are the two (2) major things that the author says made the frontier “more American” as it further west? | show 🗑
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| show | "The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development." (Frederick Jackson Turner assignment)
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| show | He tells Sitting Bull and his tribe that, because the were originally residents of the U.S.A. who had crossed the border into Canada without permission, they were considered American Indians, not Canadian Indians.
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| show | The Canadian government did not offer them help of any kind during the entire 4 years they were there. They suffered due to lack of food and shelter during Canada's extremely cold winters.
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| show | This Act granted each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming. Single adults received 80 acre, and 40 acres were allotted for children. (Pg. 175)
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| What was the Indian Peace Commission? | show 🗑
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| What does the term "annuities" refer to? | show 🗑
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| What did Frederick Jackson Turner believe that the frontier had provided for American colonists? | show 🗑
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| show | This term means "to be absorbed". It relates to how the U.S. government treated Native American culture in the late 1800's. (Pg. 175)
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| What does the term "annuities" mean/ refer to? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.) They were nomadic; 2.) They believed in spiritual power in the natural world; 3.) They lived in extended family groups.
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| show | Some attacked wagon trains and ranches, going to war against nearby settlers and troops.
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| show | "He believed that it was a place where Americans could always make a fresh start." (Pg. 169)
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| How did the Homestead Act of 1862 encourage settlement of the Plains? | show 🗑
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| show | 1.) Difficult climate: 2.) Hot summers & harsh cold winters; 3.) Lack of wood for homes; 4.) They had to dig deep wells for water; 5.) Grasshoppers; 6.) Prairie fires. (Pgs. 167)
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| What caused the decline of the cattle business in the late 1800's? | show 🗑
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| What technological innovation led to the end of "long drives"? | show 🗑
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| show | This term relates to "a vast area of grassland that the federal government owned". Ranchers could graze their herds here free of charge. (Pg. 162)
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