The West
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- What animal was hated by cattle ranchers because of its grazing habits?
- sheep
- What Sioux chief fled to Canada with some of his followers?
- Sitting Bull
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Of these states, which was not a site of a gold discovery?
California, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona - Idaho
- What was a round-up?
- when the cattle would be gathered on the open range
- What was a cattle drive?
- when cowboys would drive the herds to market
- What was the term used to describe the public lands used by the cattle herds?
- open range
- What term meant a community that grew up suddenly when a mine opened?
- boom town
- On what two animals did the Plains Indians depend?
- buffalo and horses
- What was the primary purpose of the Dawes Act?
- provide Indians with private land ownership
- What name was given to the 300 mile forced march of the Navajo Indians to reservations?
- The Long Walk
- What was a system of messengers on horseback called?
- Pony Express
- What were range rights?
- water rights
- What was the Comstock Lode?
- a rich deposit of gold and silver
- For what purpose did the federal government give land to the states under the Morrill Act?
- to sell and use to build colleges of agriculture and engineering
- Which battle was the biggest defeat of the U.S.army at the hands of the Indians?
- Battle of Little Bighorn
- Where was the meeting point of the transcontinental railroad?
- Promontory Point, Utah
- Who were the Exodusters?
- African Americans who moved west after the end of the Civil War
- Which group used the Bozeman Trail to travel between Wyoming and Montana?
- the miners
- What was a bonanza?
- a large deposit of precious ore
- What batle between the U.S. army and the Sioux Indians marked the end of the fighting on the Great Plains?
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- What was dry farming?
- growing crops which needed less water such as red wheat
- Who invented the steel faced plow?
- John Deere
- What law gave railway companies loans, land grants and money for laying track in exchange for carrying U.S. mail and troops at reduced rates?
- Pacific Railway Acts
- What factors led to the decline of the Cattle Kingdom?
- severe winters and overgrazing
- What invention allowed for fencing on the Great Plains?
- barbed wire
- What law provided land for free if you lived on the land for a minimum of five years?
- Homestead Act
- What were generally the first two buildings in a pioneer community?
- a church and a school
- What was the primary breed of cattle raised on the Great Plains?
- Texas longhorn
- What inspired much of the dress and equipment of the western cowboy?
- the Mexican vaquero
- The lives of the Great Plains Indians changed dramatically when they were forced to live where?
- reservations
- What religious movement, begun by Wovoka, was seen as threatening by the U.S. Army?
- the Ghost Dance
- Why were mining towns dangerous?
- there was little law and order
- What was the name of the first major agreement between the U.S. government and the Plains Indians?
- Fort Laramie Treaty