Vocabulary
Mining and Railroads
Native Americans
Cattle Kingdom
Random
100
Self appointed law keepers
What is a vigilante
100
Place where large amounts of silver was found in Nevada
What is the Comstocke Load
100
Native Americans lived off this animal
What is the buffalo
100
Spanish cowboy
What is a vaquero
100
Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
What is a reservation
200
Railroad line that spanned the continent
What is the transcontinental railroad
200
Vigilantes were replaced by
What are sheriffs, marshals, and judges
200
Treaty with Native Americans broken by U.S. officials
What is the Fort Laramie Treaty
200
Wild West entertainer who was skilled at sharp shooting
Who is Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley
200
This Native American fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Who is Sitting Bull
300
Grants of land or money
What is are subsides
300
Immigrants, especially from this country helped build the transcontinental railroad
What is China
300
African American soldiers on the frontier
What is Buffalo Soldier
300
Where was cattle in high demand?
What is east coast cities
300
Unfenced land
What is open range
400
Small sled
What is a travois
400
Name one State that was founded because of the population boom
What is Nevada, Colorado, North/South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming
400
Slaughter of 700 Native Americans by Colonel John Chivington
What is Sand Creek Massacre
400
Region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns
What is cattle kingdom
400
The herding and moving of cattle over long distances
What is the cattle drive
500
Cone shaped tents
What is a tepee
500
Reform law that tried to turn Native Americans into farming
What is the Dawes Act
500
Settlement at the end of a cattle trail
What is a cowtown
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