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The discovery of a large silver mine called the Comstock Lode led to what state being created?
Nevada
Many Plains Native Americans were known as what, because they followed the buffalo from place to place?
Nomads
What is a cattle breed descended from Spanish cattle introduced two centuries earlier, that adapted to this region and flourished on scarce water and tough prairie grasses?
Texas Longhorns
What were wheat farms that covered up to 65,000 acres and they yielded big profits called?
Bonanza Farms
Demand for minerals increased in the later part of the 19th century as America changed from a farming society into what?
Industrial Society
What famous U.S. Marshal and his brothers gained their reputations during the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone Arizona in 1881?
Wyatt Earp
Early prospectors extracted shallow deposits of ore by using what process that involved simple tools like picks, shovels, and pans?
Placer Mining
When mineral deposits near the surface ran out, miners began using what process to remove large quantities of earth and process it for minerals by spraying water at very high pressure against the hill or mountain they were mining?
Hydraulic Mining
A town whose population rose rapidly after news of a mineral discovery was known as what?
Boomtown
What were huge ranches owned by Spanish-speaking Californians that covered thousands of acres called?
Haciendas
What was the practice in which farmers planted seeds deep in the ground where moisture was present called?
Dry Farming
Prospectors used what process to search riverbeds for minerals more quickly than using the panning method.
Sluice Mining
Most mining companies now use what process to extract minerals in which deep mine shafts are dug, and miners go underground to extract the minerals.
Quartz Mining
What were Farmers who attempted to farm in the Plains by plowing the land called?
Sodbusters
At what battle was General Custer and his men killed by one of the largest Native American fighting forces ever assembled?
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Great Plains is a vast region of prairie roughly west of the _______________________________ and east of the ____________________________________________ in the United States and Canada.
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
The Lakota prevented the U.S. Army from constructing forts along what trail that led to the Montana gold mines?
Bozeman Trail
With conflicts escalating with Native Americans, the U.S. Congress formed what group to negotiate Native Americans moving to two large reservations?
Indian Peace Commission
Some Prairie farmers tried to make it through difficult times by doing what with banks and their land?
Mortgaging
What legislation reversed the provisions of the Dawes Act and gave tribes autonomy over their reservations?
The Indian Reorganization Act
On April 22, 1889, the government opened one of the last large territories for settlement. Within hours, thousands of people raced to stake claims in an event known what?
The Oklahoma Land Rush
The Dakota Territory was home the Lakota, nomads who had won control of their hunting grounds from other Native Americans. Who were their 3 Main Chiefs?
Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull
How did the open range contributed to the rise of cattle ranching in the open plains?
Cattle could graze there for free.
What contributed to a decline in Hispanic influence in California during the second half of the 19th Century?
The influx of English-speaking settlers who were looking for gold.
How did the U.S. Government encourage the settlement of the Great Plains?
Passing of the Homestead Act