Category #1
What is discovered in California that leads to the government being interested in a transcontinental railraod?
What is Gold
What is the first overland vehicle used in the region for hauling goods?
Red River Cart
What are lines that connect the main line to smaller towns called?
Branch Lines
Which major city starts out due to the railroad driving prices of lots up?
Fargo
What major city starts out as a major port and wintering place for steamboats?
Which three major railroad companies are discussed in Chapter 9?
Northern Pacific, Soo Line, Great Northern
Interest from businessman in this major city lead to the creation of the Soo Line
Which two rivers host the majority of steamboat travel in our state?
Red River and Missouri River
The Manitoba Company's most important feat is building rail lines in this region of North Dakota
Red River Valley
Who creates the Great Northern Railway Company?
Which three trails were used to transport goods into St. Paul?
Kittson's Trail, Woods Trail, Plains Trail
What is the nationwide depression caused by Jay Cooke and Company going bankrupt called?
Panic of 73
How much land did the U.S. government grant the Northern Pacific Company?
Which man was the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who made a deal with the U.S. government that meant a business boom for the region?
Sir George Simpson
What are the four current reservations in North Dakota?
Fort Berthold, Standing Rock, Fort Totten, Turtle Mountain
Which fort is the richest and most famous of all the trading ports?
Fort Union
What are the areas of land that the native groups are relocated onto called?
Reservations
The Dakota Conflict
Who is the first person to establish a trading post empire on the Missouri?
What are the Three Affiliated Tribes?
Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara
Name the two largest fur companies on the Missouri River, which later merged into one in 1827?
Columbia Fur Company and American Fur Company
What are the three groups of the Great Sioux Nation called?
Lakota, Dakota, Nakota
Like-a-Fishhook Village
What was the police-like force that kept order in these tribes called?
The Black Mouth
What is the name of the influential canoe that the Chippewa invented?
Birch bark canoe