APUSH Unit 6

1862 legislation to encourage the construction of a transcontinental railroad, connecting the West to industries in the Northeast (Union Pacific and Central Pacific RR)

people in mining/cattle times who took the law into their own hands

Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25.

carries mail, packages, passengers, money, and gold; Wells Fargo was one of the first companies to use them to move money and other things

name given to slaves who moved in mass from the former Confederacy to Kansas

American adventurers and fur trappers who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountains

an attack on a village of sleeping Cheyenne Indians by a regiment of Colorado militiamen on 29 November 1864 that resulted in the death of more than 200 tribal members by John M. Chivington

in order to stay on schedule and avoid wrecks, railroads standardized these in 1883

the leaders of the Sioux Indians

in 1877 Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Nation surrendered to units of the U.S. Cavalry. Before this retreat the Nez Perce fought a cunning strategic retreat toward refuge in Canada from about 2,000 Army soldiers. This surrender, after fighting 13 battles and going about 1,600 miles toward Canada, marked the last great battle between the U.S. government and an Indian nation

Sioux leader sitting bull led the fight against general George Custer and the 7th cavalry. The Sioux wanted miners out of the black hills, and had appealed to government officials in Washington to stop the miners. Washington doesn't listen. When custer came to little bighorn rivers sitting bull and his warriors were ready and killed them all!

a religious dance of native Americans looking for communication with the dead

In December 1890, Army troops captured some of Sitting Bull's followers and took them to a camp. 300 Sioux men, women, and children were killed

Treaty between the Am.s & the Plains Indians. Am gov't promised to annually pay Indians for damages caused by wagon trains in their hunting grounds. Indians agreed to stop harassing white caravans, allow fed forts to be built, & stay in specific areas

was an attack on Pinao and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the US Army at ***, Arizona Territory, along the San Pedro River. Part of the decades long Apache Wars.

A writer. Author of the 1881 book A Century of Dishonor. The book exposed the U.S. governments many broken promises to the Native Americans. For example the government wanted Native Americans to assimilate, i.e. give up their beliefs and ways of life, that way to become part of the white culture.

the first national park in the United States

The Mormons were persecuted and so, they migrated west along the Oregon Trail. Led by Brigham Young, the Mormons moved to the western states such as Nebraska, Wyoming, across the Rockies, and to the SW. HS: Played a mjor role in development of the West. They settled near the Great Salt Lake, which is now Utah.

unemployed workers marched from ohio to wahsington to draw attention to the plight of workers and to ask for goverment relief

Farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor groups against big business and machine-based politics. The movement became a third party in the election of 1892.

gave "Cross of Gold" speech that was so popular, making him the democratic nominee for president in the 1896 election at only age 36.

radical, publicly proclaimed free love, fought for women's rights, women's suffrage (vote), first female to run for presidency

a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

Political issue involving the unlimited coinage of silver, supported by farmers and William Jennings Bryan

A movement for social and educational organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads in the late 19th century