History Vocab

The term for the belief that began in the 1800s that the US should span from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts.

• Manifest

• The Alamo

• Gold Rush

• 49ers

Fort/mission in Texas that was the site of an attack by Spanish forces on rebelling settlers

• Exoduster

• The Alamo

• Homesteader

• 49ers

ended the war between the United States and Mexico; US gained 55 percent of Mexico's territory

• Treaty of Ft. Laramie

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• 49ers

Recognized the Black Hills as land belonging to the Sioux Indian Reservation

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Alamo

• Exoduster

• Treaty of Ft. Laramie

Worst US defeat during the Indian Wars; Also known as "Custer's Last Stand"

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Exoduster

• Great Indian War

Slaughter of approximately 150-300 Lakota Indians by US Army troops in southwestern South Dakota; ended the Indian Wars.

• Battle of little bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• 49ers

• Homesteader

Began after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento in 1848 and inspired thousands to head west

• 49ers

• homesteader

• Gold Rush

• silver rises

Nickname given to gold prospectors who headed to California during the Gold Rush

• The Alamo

• exoduster

• homesteader

• 49ers

Someone who goes West to live and grow crops on land given by the government

• Homesteader

• steader

• Wisker

• header

A name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in order to grow crops

• stead

• Exoduster

• lead

• dusters