Term 1: American History and Social Movements, Quizzes of United States History

Download Term 1: American History and Social Movements and more Quizzes United States History in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Ghost Dance DEFINITION 1 The Ghost Dance (also called the Ghost Dance of 1890) was a religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. TERM 2 Dawes Severalty Act DEFINITION 2 The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Native Americans. TERM 3 Chief Joseph DEFINITION 3 Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 - September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. TERM 4 Sand Creek Massacre DEFINITION 4 The Sand Creek Massacre was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70-163 Indians, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. TERM 5 Manifest Destiny DEFINITION 5 Manifest Destiny was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. TERM 6 Volstead Act DEFINITION 6 The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was the enabling legislation for the Eighteenth Amendment which established prohibition in the United States. TERM 7 19TH amendment DEFINITION 7 " the right of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of sex or gender TERM 8 Elizabeth Cady Stanton DEFINITION 8 an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement TERM 9 Alice Paul DEFINITION 9 Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 - July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist and activist. TERM 10 Ethnocentric DEFINITION 10 Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one's ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own.