Cowboys and Settlers
Railroads
The Great Plains
Native American Conflict
Vocabulary
100
The main job of a cowboy
What is moving cattle across the country?
100
The railroad that stretched all the way to the Pacific Ocean
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
100
The term for the people who claimed land in the Great Plains for 26 dollars
What is a homesteader?
100
The major reason for conflict between settlers and the Native Americans
What is settlers moved into their land and tried to sell it?
100
Define a cattle drive
What is a journey to guide cattle to Kansas?
200
The state that most cowboys took their cattle to
Where is Kansas?
200
The reason so many people wanted to go out west
What is the 1849 Gold Rush?
200
How old did you have to be to claim land in the Great Plains?
What is 21 years old?
200
The amount of buffalo left in 1900 after the settlers began killing them
What is less than 1000?
200
A person who claimed land in the Great Plains
What is a homesteader?
300
The name for these large movements of cattle
What are cattle drives?
300
The reason why less than 100 miles of track was laid down between 1862-1865
What is the Civil War?
300
The amount of land (within 10 acres) that was given to those who paid their 26 dollars
What is 160 acres?
300
Who forced the Native Americans to live on reservations
What is the United States government?
300
A freed slave who moved to Kansas
What is an exoduster?
400
A freed slave who moved to Kansas
What is an exoduster?
400
The object that was driven into the ground to celebrate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
What is a golden spike?
400
The year the law was passed allowing people to claim land in the Great Plains.
What is 1862?
400
The area of South Dakota where gold was found
What is the black hills?
400
The rights to a certain section of land
What are property rights?
500
Three reasons why cattle drives were very difficult
What are bad weather, long distances, Native American attacks, cattle stampedes, dangerous river crossings?
500
The cost of a first class ticket on the Transcontinental Railroad. (within 5 dollars)
What is 111 dollars? ($106-$116)
500
The name of the law that allowed people to buy land in the Great Plains for 26 dollars.
What is the Homestead Act?
500
The two Lakota chiefs
Who are Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull?
500
The last major Native American victory
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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