S.S. Wild West

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Black Kettle, chief of the _______ ________ was attacked by the United States Army at ______ _______ Colorado in 1864?: Southern Cheyenne

Sand Creek
The Chief of the Comanche was ______ _______. His father was Comanche and his mother was white.: Quanah Parker
Name the two tribes that fought the United States in Red Cloud's War.: Sioux

Northern Cheyenne
The Great Plains stretched from the ___________ River to the ____________ Mountains.: Mississippi

Rocky
The ________ Trail ran from Fort Laramie to Virginia City, Montana.: Bozeman
Who started a famous wild west show in the 1880's?: Buffalo Bill
Who was the leader of Santee Sioux Tribe?: Little Crow
List 3 reasons why the days of the cowboy ended in 1886.: Low Prices

Cold Winter

Barbwire
What Sioux tribe massacred the whites in Minnesota in 1862?: Santee
Who wrote " A Century of Dishonor?": Jackson
What city grew out of the 1858 gold discovery?: Denver
Where was Wild Bill Hickok murdered?: Deadwood, SD
What was the famous statement of Chief Joseph? "From where the ____ now ____ I will _____ no more _______.": "From where the sun now sets, I will fight no more forever."
List 3 famous Kansas cow towns.: Witchita
Dodge City
Abilene
The Kiowa were close cousins to the Comanche and were located mostly in Oklahoma and _______.: Kansas
Early Spanish cowboys were called ____________.: Vaqueros
In 1868, Black Kettle was attacked on the _____ River in the present day state of ________ by the 7th Calvary commanded by Lt. Colonel _________.: Washita

Oklahoma

Custer
According to the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty, what trail were the plains Indians supposed to stay away from?: Oregon Trail
Who was the young Sioux chief that fought along side Red Cloud?: Crazy Horse
What was the name of the cattle war that Billy the Kid was involved in?: Lincoln County
Where was gold discovered in 1873?: Black Hills
When local residents took the law into their own hands, they were called __________.: Vigilantes
The ______ Act of 1887 tried to make plains Indians into farmers.: Dawes
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 is known as the ________ _________ Treaty.: Horse Creek
What were the boundaries of the land given to the Indians as a result of the Treaty of 1868?: North to Canada
South to the Platte River
West to the Big Horn Mountains
East to the Missouri River
Where was gold discovered in 1858?: Colorado
The Comanche Indians were mostly located in north ______.: Texas
What was the name of the massacre that occurred in South Dakota in 1890?: Wounded Knee
"As long as the ______ grows, and the _____ _____, this ______ will be yours ________.: "As long as the grass grows, and the river flows, this land will be yours forever."
Name the famous Apache Chief that surrendered in 1886.: Geronimo
In what famous battle was George Custer defeated by the Sioux and the Northern Cheyenne in 1876?: Battle of Little Big Horn
In what state did the last great land rush take place?: Okalahoma
What was the capital city of Dakota Territory in 1876?: Yankton
What were all prairie farmers called?: sodbusters
What famous person lived in a little house on the prairie?: Laura Ingalls Wilder
The ________ Act of 1862 gave away free land if you would live on it and farm it for five years.: Homestead

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