People
One of the missionaries to the West?
Ezra Fisher
Sooners slipped across the boarders and claimed land before they were allowed during the _______________
Oklahoma Land Rush
When building the transcontinental railroad, workers had to face different landforms
True
prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs
Sodbuster
the _____ Pacific Railroad company began laying track eastward from Sacramento, California
Central
Who was one of the first marshals of Abilene?
Tom Smith
To make it harder to steal cattle, symbols called ____________ were used
Brands
An area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans was called the frontier.
False
Crossing a continent
transcontinental
The ___________ Pacific Railroad Company laid its track westward from Omaha Nebraska
Union
The Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse
the person in charge of a cattle drive was the ______________
trail boss
Spanish settlers brought buffalo to America
False
a rich source of precious metal
lode
What did the Homestead Act allow?
160 acres of land
build a house
work the land
5 years
The colonel who led US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
George Custer
People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents were called _________
Boomers
A town that grew quickly was called a boomtown
true
open land in the West that had not been settled
frontier
Who was the Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington, DC and spoke with President Hayes about his people.
Chief Joseph
The Trader that the most popular cattle trial was named after?
Jesse Chisholm
The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing the ___________
Dawes Act
Farmers settling in the West found that inventions were a great help
True
moving a herd of cattle
Name 3 new inventions that helped farmers
Windmill
Steel Plow
Reaper