Moving West
This group lost culture and land as American settlers moved West
Native Americans
This law offered settlers 160 acres of land provided they met certain requirements
This Lakota leader is associated with his resistance to US expansion and for his heroics at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
This animal was essential to many Plains Indians communities
The Buffalo / Bison
The railroad project that connected the eastern and western US was known as this
The Transcontinental Railroad
This river, the longest in the United States, flows over 2,300 miles from northern Minnesota all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Economic opportunities; Farmland; Ability to own property; Seek a better life
This act gave railroad companies land and money for each mile of track they laid
The Pacific Railway Act
Throughout the 19th century, Native Americans were moved onto these, which are recognized, independent tribal lands within the US border
Reservations
The flat, hilly and grassy region that spreads from Canada throughout the central part of the US is called
The Great Plains
Alongside the railroad, poles and wire for this communication technology was also built
Telegraph
Shared by the United States and Canada, this group of five large freshwater lakes contains about 20% of the world's surface fresh water
The Great Lakes
The 19th century idea that the US should and is supposed to spread from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
Many states created laws that forced Native American children to go to these, with the goal of eliminating their Native culture
Boarding Schools
This was a Native American spiritual movement that offered hope and a renewal of their culture; the US Government saw it as a call for rebellion
The Ghost Dance
One way Plains Indians used the buffalo was...
food; clothing; shelter; tools
These TWO immigrant labor groups are credited with doing the majority of the deadly and dangerous construction of the railways in the mountains
Chinese and Irish
Carved by the Colorado River over millions of years, this famous massive canyon is located in northern Arizona
The Grand Canyon
Pioneers heading to the west coast from the plains had to pass over these TWO mountain ranges
Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains
In 1830, President Jackson authorized the Indian Removal Act, which eventually led to this horrible, forced migration of Native Americans from their ancestral land east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory
The Trail of Tears
The founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Richard Henry Pratt, used this phrase to explain his policy on eliminating traditional Native American culture in favor of White, American culture
"Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
People living on the Great Plains were extremely vulnerable to this type of natural disaster
Tornados / Twisters
The golden spike that connected the east and west tracks was driven home in this US state
Utah
Running from Maine down to Georgia, this major eastern mountain range is much older and lower in elevation than the Western Rocky Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
Due to the lack of trees in the plains, many settlers built homes out of this readily available resource
Sod
In 1887, the US passed this act that authorized the break up of communal Native American land to be divided into individual plots... it resulted in Native Americans losing millions of acres of land
This was seen as the symbolic end of the "Indian Wars", when 200 Lakotaes were massacred by US Troops in South Dakota
The Wounded Knee Massacre
A gold rush created these types of temporary and bustling cities throughout the West; people flocked there in hopes of striking a fortune and participating in some questionable activities while they were there
Boomtowns
This was the nickname given to cowboy's jobs of delivering cattle from Texas to railroad hubs in Kansas and Nebraska
The Long Drive
Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in the US, is located in this state
Alaska