Cowboys
Native Americans
Farming
Frontier
Westward Bound
100
What trail was used by cowboys to drive cattle?
Chisholm Trail
100
How did Native Americans of the Plains survive?
hunting buffalo
100
Describe dry farming.
Dry farming is the growing of crops that do not require much water.
100
What signified the end of the frontier?
Oklahoma land rush
100
Describe boomtowns of the West.
Boomtowns grew basically overnight due to the growing population and economic growth.
200
Why were the Texas longhorn important to the Cattle Kingdom?
Texas longhorn needed little water and could survive harsh weather.
200
Who owned 11 million acres of land opened to the Oklahoma land rush?
Creek and Seminole Indians
200
Describe a sodbuster.
Sodbusters were farmers working the tough soil of the Plains.
200
Why was the western boundary of the American frontier pushed to the Pacific Ocean?
California was admitted to the Union.
200
Describe the outcome of William McKinley's victory in 1896.
McKinley's victory brought an end to both the Populist Party and the Farmers' Alliances.
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Which railroad lines were connected with a golden spike?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
300
Why were reservations set up?
Reservations were set up to provide living space for Native Americans.
300
Describe the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act gave government owned land to small farmers.
300
This discovery started the mining boom.
Comstock Lode
300
Who were Exodusters?
Exodusters were a large group of African Americans who left the South to go to Kansas in 1879.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY True or False/Why? PLAINS Indians used the meat and hide of the buffalo for food and clothing but found no use for the bones or horns.
False
400
Describe the Treaty of Medicine Lodge.
Most southern Plains Indians agreed to live on reservations.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Who drove the final spike, signifying the completion of the first transcontinental railroad?
Governor Stanford, president of the Central Pacific
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe the Long Walk.
The Long Walk was a 300-Mile march the Navajo were forced to go on to reach a reservation in New Mexico.
400
Describe the Morrill Act.
The Morrill Act required states to sell land and build colleges of agriculture and engineering with the profits.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Describe the Dawes General Allotment Act.
The Dawes General Allotment Act established private land ownership for Native Americans.
500
Describe the Long Walk of 1864.
The United States troops raided the Navajo. The Navajo had to surrender because they were left without food and shelter.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Who promoted the free and unlimited coinage of silver?
The Populist Party promoted the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY This predicted paradise for Native Americans.
Ghost Dance
500
Who passed the Pacific Railway Acts? When? Why?
The Pacific Railway Acts were passed by the federal government in 1862 and 1864 to help finance construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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