Important People
Trader that the most popular cattle trail was named after.
Who is Jesse Chisholm?
Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington, DC to speak with President Hayes about his people.
Who was Chief Joseph?
Landforms that workers faced while building the transcontinental railroad?
Area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans.
What is a reservation?
An act that tried to make Indians live more like white people.
What is the Dawes Act?
Colonel who led US forces at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who is George Custer?
one of the first marshals of Abilene who used his hands more than his weapons.
Who was Tom Smith?
Wild cattle brought to America by Spanish settlers.
What are longhorns?
A sudden rush of scared animals that run away from a trail.
What is a stampede?
The person in charge of a cattle drive.
Who is a trail boss?
Famous lawman of the West who was an expert shooter.
Who was "Wild Bill" Hickok?
another name for a Prairie farmer
Who are sodbusters?
Land that has not been settled.
What is the frontier?
a rich source of precious metal.
What is a lode?
During the Oklahoma Land rush, they slipped across the border and claimed land before the were allowed.
Who are the "Sooners"?
Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who was Crazy Horse?
This group of immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad and were treated unfairly.
Who are the Chinese immigrants?
Moving a herd of longhorns.
What is a cattle drive?
Open land in the west that had not been settled.
What is Frontier?
Symbols burned into a cow's hide to make it easier to identify, and harder to steal.
What is a brand?
One of the missionaries to the West
Who was Ezra Fisher?
Indian tribe who performed a Ghost Dance to please the spirits, gain power over the white man, and to bring back their way of life.
Who are the Sioux?
People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents.
Who are the "Boomers"?
Act that gave a person 160 acres of land provided that they work on and improve it. After 5 years, they owned the land.
What is the Homestead Act?
Crossing a continent.
What is transcontinental?