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| What were the motives for continued westward expansion? |
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Definition
- Population increase
- Less fertile land
- Less land is available and therefore more expensive |
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Term
| What were the Native American responses to westward movements? |
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Definition
| They were moved westward, but not onto empty land - So they had to compete with one another as well as with white people for land. |
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Term
| What were the keys to our success in Mexico? |
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Definition
- Excellent artillery
- Excellent leadership
- Isolated Mexico politically |
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Term
| Who makes up the majority of the people fighting Mexico? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the role of railroads in Western growth? |
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Definition
| Railroads are essential to ranching, mining, farming, westward expansion, the West's economy. |
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Term
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Definition
| Surveyed the Indians' lands and divided them up for separate families of Indians. |
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Term
| How were Indians integrated into American society? |
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Definition
| Dawe's Act, boarding schools for Indians |
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Term
| How were Indians NOT integrated into American society? |
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Definition
| Reservations, Indian removal act, extermination. |
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Term
| What were the major goals of the Federal Indian Policy? |
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Definition
- Separate
- Occupy
- Exterminate
- Americanization |
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Term
| What were some examples of mining technology? |
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Definition
- Hydraulic mining
- Lode mining
- Steam powered lifts and pumps
- Railroads |
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Term
| What were some examples of ranching technology? |
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Definition
- Barbed wire
- Mexican saddles
- Railroads |
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Term
| What were some examples of farming technology? |
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Definition
- Stack plow
- Grain drill
- Elevators
- Barbed wire
- Hybrid seeds
- Railroads |
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Term
| Why would the Indians always lose? |
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Definition
| Because the Indians were hunter-gatherers who couldn't fight all the time, unlike the modern industrials. |
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Term
| What was the Empresario System? |
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Definition
| Hired people to help them settle Texas. |
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Term
| What were the restrictions of the Empresario System? |
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Definition
- Obey Mexican laws
- Convert to Catholicism
- No slaves
- Be Mexican citizens |
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Term
| What is Manifest Destiny? |
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Definition
| The excuse we have to justify overrunning the Indians. Liberates us from guilt and provides justification for taking their land. |
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Term
| What was the 1841 Preemption Act? |
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Definition
| Guaranteed 160 acres for $1.25 per acre. |
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Term
| What was the Ranchero Program? |
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Definition
| In California, they gave huge estates to people who wanted to settle there in attempts to save Mexican lands. |
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Term
| Why did Americans want Mexican land? |
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Definition
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Term
| What were the 3 main economic activities in the West? |
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Definition
| Ranching, mining, farming |
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Term
| Who made the most money in the West? |
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Definition
| People providing equipment to miners. |
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