Farmers
This was the nickname of farmers on the Great Plains
Homesteaders or Sodbusters
This is the name of the mining towns that grew quickly and disappeared quickly
Boomtowns
This was the name of the battle where the Native Americans managed to defeat and kill over 200 men of the 7th cavalry under Gen. Custer
Battle of Little Bighorn
This school was set up with the goal of "Americanizing" students
Carlisle School
The introduction of these allowed for materials like lumber and other finished goods to be transported and sold out west
Railroads
The Homestead Act offered "this" if farmers were willing to live their 5 years
160 acres
This invention ended the Open Range of cattle drives
Barbed Wire
This Chief helped lead the Nez Perce on an escape run around the country for 1300 miles
Chief Joseph
This act was meant to break up reservation land into allotments, and force Native Americans to adopt a farming lifestyle
Dawes Act
This western state was surrounded by states that got statehood due to mining opportunities, this state was due to religious differences
Utah
A lack of available water on the Great Plains made farming difficult, what was one strategy or invention used by farmers to help this
Dry Farming
Steel Plows
Seed Drills
Hydraulic mining was the practice of using high pressure water to blow away sediment to get at valuable minerals, what were 2 of the environmental impacts of this form of mining?
Spread mercury into the environment
Washed debris into rivers
Damaged nearby farmland
Native American Lakota Sioux were practicing the Ghost Dance, they believed it would return their way of life, instead the US army came in and massacred 300 men, women, and children at this place
Wounded Knee
This is the name of the process by which Native Americans are absorbed into mainsteam American culture
Assimilation
What year did the last Indian Boarding school close in the US
1996
This was the name of the large profitable farms that could afford the expensive equipment like Steam Tractors and mechanical reapers
Bonanza Farms
Mexicans/Hispanos who had been living in parts of North America that had been part of Mexico but were taken by the United States, later they settled in these Spanish speaking neighborhoods
Barrios
Indian leader Crazy Horse managed to lead American troops into a trap at this event
Fetterman's Massacre
What were four ways the Native American children were forced to change
Hair, clothes, language, beliefs, names, food
Indian chief Blackhawk led this tribe and had several battles in Wisconsin
Sauk
If you couldn't afford a mechanical reaper, you might get stuck harvesting your 160 acres with one of these two handed harvesters
Scythe
This was the last contiguous state to be added to the US
Arizona/New Mexico
This event is marked by the US's only national park/historic site that has Massacre in the name
Sand Creek Massacre
What year did the Carlisle Indian School open?
1879
This was the name of the old west outlaw who was mummified and his body was mistaken for a mannequin for many years
Elmer McCurdy