People
Ezra FIsher
To make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, symbols called _________ were used
brands
The person in charge of a cattle drive is called?
trail boss
crossing a continent
transcontinental
Homestead Act
Who was the Sioux chief who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn? (2 Possible Answers, give me one)
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
A town that had no people, empty buildings and streets
Ghost Town
A town that grew quickly
Boomtown
moving a herd of cattle
cattle drive
Who led one the US forces during the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Colonel George Custer
Who was the one of the first Marshalls of Abilene?
Tom Smith
People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents were called.....
Boomers
An area of land set a aside by the US government for Native Americans
Reservation
open land in the west that had not been settled
frontier
Who was the most famous lawmen of the West?
"Wild Bill" Hickok
Who was the Nez Pierce Leader who traveled to Washington, DC and spoke with President Hayes about his people?
Cheif Joseph
"Sooners" slipped across the border and claimed land before they were allowed during the....
Oklahoma Land rush
What new inventions did farmers settling in the West have? (Name 2)
Steel Plow, Barbed Wire, Windmill, Reaper
Spanish settlers brought what animal to America?
Longhorns
How many acres of land could they have under the Homestead Act?
160 acres
Who was the trader the most popular cattle trail was named after?
Jesse Chisholm
Dawes Act
prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs
a rich source of precious metal
lode
What did the settlers have to do for the land to become theirs?
1. Build a house
2. Live on the Land
3. Improve the land over the next five years (grow crops)