Moving West
What allowed more people to move west and unite the two coasts of the country?
Transcontinental Railroad
What was the number one industry of the west? It is what ignited westward migration.
Mining
What were the two main immigrant groups that built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese and Irish
This act made it illegal for Chinese immigrants to come into this country for 10 years. What was the act?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This invention led to the death of the open range by reducing the price of fencing by 75%, what was the invention?
Barbed Wire
Prior to the Transcontinental Railroad, what was the main source of transportation used by settlers to move west?
Horses and Wagons
In which industry did many Chinese immigrants find employment in the late 1800s?
Railroad
What were the three main groups of people who made up the Cowboys?
1. Former white Civil War soldiers
2. African Americans and former slaves
3. Mexican Americans
This act offered settlers free land if they cared for the land for 5 years. What act was it?
The Homestead Act
What event led to the death of General Custer and made the country fearful of a united Native American Army?
Battle of Little Big Horn
What was a primary food source for Native American tribes on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?
Buffalo
This industry need cowboys to take livestock to the market. What industry was it?
The Cattle Industry
Where did forcing students to cut their hair, wear uniforms and change their names take place?
Indian Boarding Schools
Bonus 100 points if you said Carlisle Indian School
How did the railroad change time?
Created time zone
What event led to the deaths of around 200 innocent Lakota Natives Americans?
The Wounded Knee Massacre
Where did the two sides of the railroad meet?
Promontory Summit, Utah
Which invention significantly helped homesteaders farm the Plains?
steel plow
Name one of the Chiefs who led their forces against General Custer and the 7th Calvary?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
The act ended tribal landholding and encouraged economic assimilation by making native Americans private land owners.
Dawes Act
What event was creating spiritual revival and hope among the Plains Natives?
Ghost Dance
What was the name of the act that started the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Pacific Railroad Act
Which organization was founded to advance the interests of farmers to join together in the United States?
The National Grange
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect Mexican Americans living in the newly acquired territories?
It granted citizenship
Which political movement emerged to support farmers' interests in the late 1800s?
Populists
What was the most popular mail order company of the late 1800s?
Sears and Roebeck