U. s. history study guide chapter 2
1) why was the nebraska territory split?
2) who led the nez perce?
3) who led the dakota tribe?
4) what did southerners need to do to get a pardon under lincoln's
reconstruction plan?
5) when was the first long drive?
6) why was charles sumner beaten with a cane?
7) the sioux fought to keep control of what?
8) what was in the clay at comstock's mine?
9) what happened when there was a glut in the wheat market?
10) why was the battle of vicksburg important?
11) why did the south secede?
12) why did americans rush to the west in the 1860's and 1870's?
13) what did the first explorers call the great plains?
14) what was manifest destiny?
15) what was the main crop grown on the great plains?
16) what are haciendas?
17) what attracted the first wave of settlers to the west?
18) where did col. chivington attack the cheyenne?