-
Period: to
indian wars
The American Indian Wars is the collective name for the many wars that were fought by European gov and colonists and then later on fought by the gov and settlers. -
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall was a New York City political organization. This played a major role in controlling New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish. -
buffalo herds
Mass destruction of bison began and was used for furs and warming necessities also used for food sources. -
Vaqueros
A livestock herder who usually rides around on horseback and performs multiple farm tasks while on the ranch. -
sand creek massacre
massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars. 150–500 Native Americans, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. The causes were rooted in the long conflict for control of the Great Plains of eastern Colorado. -
cattle drives
Cattle drives are the act of moving cattle from one area to another directed by cowboys on horses. -
purchase of Alaska
end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the coast of North America. important bc this lead US to become a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. -
Ghost dance movement
a spiritual movement that arose among Western American Indians. It began among the Paiute that had a series of visions of an elder, Wodziwob. These visions foresaw the renewal of the Earth and visions of help for their ancestors. -
social darwinism
Social Darwinism was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform. -
Period: to
social gospel
The Social Gospel was a movement in Protestantism that applied Christian ethics to social problems. Mainly focused on issues of social justice. Movements for equality in rights, schools, ethics, etc. Major reforms happened under this gospel. -
Period: to
Panic of 1873
This was a financial crisis that caused economic depression in the US lasting four years and even longer in other countries. -
barbed wire
Barbed wire was created for farms so that the farmers could put up the fence and not have to worry about cattle of other farm animals getting out bc the fence will cut them because of how sharp it is. Also protection to the farm, used as security to their land. -
little big horn
The 138-mile-long little brother of the Bighorn River that runs through Montana and Wyoming. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887. -
time zones
Canadian Sir Sandford Fleming proposed the system of worldwide time zones we now have 24 that we use today. They are all 15 degrees apart in longitude. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
the immigration law that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US. this law made it to where a whole ethnic group was excluded from immigrating and excluded Chinese living in the US to gain citizenship. -
Dawes Act 1887
Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations. it emphasized the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes. -
Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house in the US its Located on the West Side of Chicago. It opened to recently arrived European immigrants. It had grown to 13 buildings by 1911. -
wounded knee
This was a domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians by the US army. Mostly women and children died. -
Ellis island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor is a former immigration inspection station where people immigrating would get dropped off into the US mainly from Ireland when the potato famish happened. -
Period: to
angel island
Angel Island is an immigration station located in San Francisco where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.
