APUSH Ch. 16

the region beyond the Mississippi River into which millions of Anglo Americans moved in the years after the Civil War

• The West

• Boomtown

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Reservations

a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil

• the West

• Boomtown

• reservation

• RapidCity

striving for independence and supporting one self

• bison

• assimilation

• reservation

• ideals of self-sufficiency

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west, A railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast. The

• Transcontinental Railroad

• mineral resources

• B&O Railroad

• Reading Railroad

gold, silver, iron, coal

• Native American tribes

• mineral resources

• boomtown

• reservation

group of Spanish speaking Americans who were relegated to the labor class

• Chinese immigrants

• Irish immigrants

• Mexican Americans

• African Americans

the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States of America. The U.S. federal government recognizes tribal nations as "domestic dependent nations" and has established a number of laws attempting to clarify the relationship between the federal, state, and tribal governments

• reservations

• tribal sovereignty

• Gold Rush

• Secession letters

Roamed widely before white settlers came, were an essential part of Indian life. Indian tribes were devastated when they began disappearing.

• Texas Longhorns

• Pygmy goats

• American bison

• Tule Elk

The system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the West

• appointments

• Homestead Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Reservations

The act of bringing into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust:

• assimilation

• reservations

• Homesteaders

• Boomtown