Westward Expansion Crossword

the period between 1848 and 1849 when prospectors found large strikes of gold in California
the first significant silver find in the country
this armed conflict between cowboys moving cattle along the trail and ranchers who wished to keep the best grazing lands for themselves
The American cowboy owes much of its model to what other culture
an integral part of western expansion
the process by which an Indian was “redeemed” and assimilated into the American way of life by changing his clothing to western clothing and renouncing his tribal customs in exchange for a parcel of land
an attempt to disarm a group of Lakota Sioux Indians near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which resulted in members of the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army opening fire and killing over 150 Indians
a militia raid led by Colonel Chivington on an Indian camp in Colorado, flying both the American flag and the white flag of surrender; over one hundred men, women, and children were killed
not a primary method by which the American government dealt with American Indians during the period of western settlement?
was the chief of the Nez Perce tribe
the rebel group of Hispanic Americans who fought back against the appropriation of Hispanic land by whites
What brought the majority of Chinese immigrants to the U.S
How were Hispanic citizens deprived of their wealth and land in the course of western settlement?
manual laborers similar to slaves
cattle herders
came to stand for the idea that white americans had a calling and a duty to seize and settle the American West with Protestant demorcatic values
which came to stand for the odea that white Americans had a calling and a duty to seize and settle the American West
"we are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march? Providence is with us, and no earthly power can
helped settlers move west more quickly, as well as move their farm products
the country by rail was driven into the ground in Utah
large farms owned by speculators who hired laborers to work the land
frontier home constructed of dirt held together by thick-rooter prairie grass
author of the little house series
dry-farming techniques to grow corn, wheat, and sorghum
temporary designed to civilize and christianize indians