Railroads
The Plains
Treaties and conflicts With Native Americans
Gold Mining
Farmers Unite!
100
a Railroad that stretches across a continent.
What is What is a transcontinental Railroad
100
Te hard work of breaking up the sod earned farmers this nickname.
What is sodbusters
100
What is the treaty that "gave" Native Americans limited land that would (not) be trespassed. (notice the "not" in parentheses)
What is The Fort Laramie Treaty
100
A town that was successful during local gold and silver strikes.
What is What is a boom town.
100
A town that was successful during local gold and silver strikes.
What is a boomtown
200
This is where the Transcontinental railroad met
What is Promontory Point, Utah
200
System of messages on horseback
What is the pony express
200
Indians refused and attacked trains, miners, and soldiers.
What is What was what happened when the Native Americans were forced to sign a new treaty.
200
Unsafe conditions miners worked in.
What is using unsafe equipment, breathing hot stuffy air,lung disease and cave ins.
200
The frontier ceased to exist.
What is land in Oklahoma was settled.
300
Towns grew and the buffalo died
What is how did railroads and ranching change the landscape of the West?
300
30 million killed in a decade
What is the buffalo
300
Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
What is Reservations
300
A piece of land in the Sierra Nevada that was rich in gold.
What is What is the Comstock Lode.
300
A decrease in the money supply and overall lower prices.
What is deflation
400
connected east to west
What is the Transcontinental railroad
400
gave government owned land to farmers
What is the Homestead act
400
In late 1866 he and a group of Sioux ambushed and killed 81 cavalry troops
Who is Crazy Horse
400
mines and towns were polluted and trees were cut to house miners.
What is What were the problems miners caused.
400
A group who helped farmers through the rough time.
What is the National Grange
500
these 3 groups worked on the railroad
What is Chinese, Irish and Civil war vets
500
African-Americans who moved to Kansas in 8179
What is Exodusters
500
The worst defeat the U.S. army suffered in the west was led by George Custer.
What is the battle of Little big horn
500
Undeveloped ares
What is frontier
500
The presidential candidate who supported free silver coinage
What is Who is William Jennings Bryan
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