CLC HST 222 Exam 1 Terms Questions With Answers

CLC HST 222 Exam 1 Terms Questions With Answers Americanization - ANSWER- 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 Battle of Wounded Knee - ANSWER- 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 bonanza farms - ANSWER- large farms owned by speculators who hired laborers to work the land; these large farms allowed their owners to benefit from economies of scale and prosper, but they did nothing to help small family farms, which continued to struggle California Gold Rush - ANSWER- the period between 1848 and 1849 when prospectors found large strikes of gold in California, leading others to rush in and follow suit; this period led to a cycle of boom and bust through the area, as gold was discovered, mined, and stripped Comstock Lode - ANSWER- the first significant silver find in the country, discovered by Henry T. P. Comstock in 1859 in Nevada exodusters - ANSWER- a term used to describe African Americans who moved to Kansas from the Old South to escape the racism there Fence Cutting War - ANSWER- this armed conflict between cowboys moving cattle along the trail and ranchers who wished to keep the best grazing lands for themselves occurred in Clay County, Texas, between 1883 and 1884