The raw rock that contains a precious metal or other valued mineral.
Ore
100
This religious ritual was performed by the Lakota Sioux and was communicated to them by a prophet.
Ghost Dance
100
The Central Pacific employed many workers from this Asian country
China
100
A rock containing a the raw, unrefined material that could later be smelted down into a precious metal
What is ore
100
These events involved cattle being moved over hundreds of miles to railroad depots, where they could then be shipped east.
What are Long Drives
200
After the ____ of ore near a mining strike ran dry, the community that formed around it would often disappear, leaving a ________
vein and ghost town / bust
200
Gold was discovered in this location, which was part of the Sioux Indian reservation and is located in present-day South Dakota.
Black Hills
200
Name the site of one of two silver strikes in the American West that we looked at in class.
Virginia City, NV or Pike's Peak, CO
200
Mining strikes often created these overnight, as people rushed to the area looking to get rich. They were often dirty and dangerous.
What are boomtowns
200
These locations were often located on railroads and were the end points for cattle drives coming from the American West.
What are cow towns
300
Cheap and inexpensive way to mark land and keep cattle enclosed. Revolutionized land ownership in the American Plains and helped bring an end to the long drives.
Barbed Wire
300
George Custer and his US Calvary troops were killed during this battle with the Lakota Sioux in 1876
Battle of Little Bighorn
300
Location where the Transcontinental Railroad tracks met and were joined together
Promontory Point, Utah
300
The government would offer these to private companies and individuals in exchange for those groups performing a service or doing a project for the government. They were usually cash rewards or land grants.
What are subsides
300
In 1862, Congress passed this act. It granted 160 free acres of land to settlers who would stay on the land for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act
400
Texas farming, no fences and free-roaming. Cattle were “branded” or marked with the owners symbol or initials.
Open Range
400
In 1864, a camp of US Army troops snuck out and murdered a band of Cheyenne who had come to make peace. This took place where?
Sand Creek, CO
400
These towns were often the ending point for long drives and were usually near a railroad depot.
Cow Towns
400
These two companies were in a race to create the Transcontinental Railroad - 1,700 miles of track connecting the West Coast to the rest of the US
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacfic
400
This type of cattle was the kind that was primarily ranched in the American West
What is the Longhorn
500
Nickname for farmers who settled in the Great Plains after passage of the Homestead Act.
Sodbusters
500
This 1890 massacre of Lakota Sioux signaled the effective end of armed Native American resistance to the United States government.
Wounded Knee
500
For every mile of track laid down, the two companies who created the Transcontinental Railroad would a grant of money and land. What were these grants called?
Subsidies
500
Leland Stanford, the governor of California, drove in a golden railroad spike at this location to complete the Transcontinental Railroad
What is Promontory Point, Utah
500
Settlers who slipped into Oklahoma before it was officially opened, claiming territory there before the "boomers"