People
Meriwether Lewis
who is a former army captain who led one of the most famous expeditions.
Santa Fe Trail
What was a trail that started in Indapendance Massouri and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Dawes General Allotment Act
What was an act that tried to lessen influences on Indian land?
Louisiana Purchase
What is a purchase of the French land between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains
Sitting Bull
Who is a leader who wanted more land from the U.S?
William Clark
Who is a former lieutenant chosen to go on an important exploration of Louisiana?
Transcontinintal railroad
What is a railroad that went across America from east to west and became a extravigant way to travel.
Morrill Act
What is an act that granted over 17million acres of land to the states?
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Standard time
What is a system that divides the countries into 4 timezones?
John Jacob Aster
who was a merchant who created one of the largest fur businesses in America
Chisolm Trail
What is a trail that wnet from texes to kanses and eventually became marked by cowboys.
Treaty of Fort Laramie
What was the first major treaty between the U.S. and Native Americans
Zebulon Pike
Who was an army officer sent on a mission to the west?
Assimilate
What is the process of developing American culture and beliefs?
Annie Bidwell
Who was a girl who found Chico Calaforina and used her influence to support social causes?
Battle of the Little Bighorn
What is a battle that was led by Crazy Horse to defete american troops?
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
What was an agreement that indians would move to reservations?
Mountain Men
What was a group of men that trapped animals for fur?
Dry Farming
What is a farming method that moves water-dependent plants to dry crops?
Sarah Winnemuca
who was a girl who was a writer, educator, and interpreter. who tore the country speaking on behalf of the Native Americans?
Massacre at Wounded Knee
What was the last major military incident on the Great Plains
Homestead Act
What is an act that was passed by Congress and gave goernment owned land to small farmers
Comstock Lode
What was a huge discovery of gold and silver
Populist Party
What is a political party that changes ways on railroads and the use of telephones?