Missionaries
They wanted to teach their religion to Native Americans
Who are missionaries
They came to get cheap land.
Who were pioneers?
They came looking for gold.
Who are prospectors?
This document gave people 160 acres of land, stipulated that they had to improve the land, and gave had 5 years to build a home and plant crops.
What is the Homestead Act?
1863
What year was the Idaho Territory created?
They were a place to teach school, hold church services, and give a place of rest to travelers.
What were missions?
This long trail led from Missouri to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
A flume, wagon, and gold pan.
What is a mining tool?
This is made, bought, or sold.
What is a good?
This included all of Montana and part of Wyoming.
What is Idaho Territory?
Some of these tried to make Native Americans change their way of life and religion.
Who were missionaries?
Having too much food to eat was not one of these.
What are hardships of the Oregon Trail.
These towns started and grew quickly.
What is a boomtown?
The whole family shared the work on one of these.
What is a homestead?
This city became the capitol of Idaho Territory when its' population grew larger than Lewiston's.
What is Boise?
These three wars were fought in Idaho.
What are the Bear River Massacre, Snake War, and Nez Perce War.
This large land included today's Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
What is Washington Territory?
Boomtowns became these when the people left.
What is a ghost town?
This refers to the method used to get water from rivers to the fields.
What is irrigation?
This began because settlers and their animals changed the land and destroyed sources of food and shelter for native tribes.
What are the wars between Native Americans and settlers?
Arguments about which animal should graze where led to this event.
What is the sheep and cattle grazing wars?
Chinese immigrants.
What is the largest group to come to Idaho from another country?
This group of people raise cattle and other animals for meat.
Who are ranchers?
These moved Native Americans onto reservations.
What are treaties?