HISTORY: WESTERN EXPANSION
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chronisterk on January 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 reason people move west | gold, manifest destiny, free land, freedom, tall tales |
| transcontinental railroad | wanted to be able to transport rade, supplies, ect. shorter trip than going the whole way down and around S.A. wanted to connect east US to west US. Union Pacifc: connect from east to west Central Pacific: connect from west to east Challenges: mountains, rivers, forests, lack of $, indians, time BIG PRIZE FOR WHO FINISHED THE RAILROAD FIRST($) |
| Plain Indians | indians lived in the parts of the west and has been their land forever, now with poeple moving west the people are taking their land. Also the indians relied on the buffalo for EVERYTHING and the people moving west are killing them for themseleves which is making them go close to extiction & indians have nothing for food, shelter, clothes, etc. |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | the sioux won against the us troops |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | US soilders lead indian tride to 'wounded knee' US stole knifes & axes from the indians. US solider tried to disarm a dead indian but that jut started a whole fight between the soilders and indians. 250 men, women, and kids were killed. |
| Populist Party | movement that focused of political & economic power for a common man, it atracted struggling farmers and laborers. |
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