Mining
Ranching
The Great Plains
Native American Culture
Native American Wars
100
the mining of the surface of the earth using picks, shovels, and trenches.
What is placer mining
100
A vast area of grassland owned by the Government, allowed ranchers to move their cattle around to graze.
What is The Open Range
100
A settler paid a $10 fee, and if they lived on this land for 10 years it was theirs. This was because of.....
What is The Homestead Act
100
People who roam great distances to follow their main source of food
What is a Nomad
100
Payments the Government promised some tribes when moving to a reservation
What is annuities
200
Digging deep beneath the earth to mine minerals, also known as commercial mining
What is quartz mining
200
The breed of cattle that allowed ranching in the south to be successful
What is The Longhorn
200
Tell me the area of the country the Great Plains covered
What is The Dakotas, to the Rocky Mountains, Through West Texas
200
The Native Americans main source of livelihood was the
What is buffalo
200
When the Sioux and Cheyenne teamed up and massacred over 200 US soldiers in the most famous battle in the Native American Wars
What is The Battle of Little Bighorn
300
When towns sprung up overnight they were known as
What is boom towns
300
when ranchers rounded up their cattle and took them north to be sold
What is The Long Drive
300
Planting seeds deep in the ground so seeds can get enough moisture to grow.
What is Dry Farming
300
Name two jobs Native American men have when it came to their culture
What is -Hunting -Trading -Military
300
Congress formed this organization which proposed creating two large reservations on the plains for the Native Americans
What is The Indian Peace Commission
400
Who was the person to strike silver, and strike a claim in the Six-Mile Canyon
What is Henry Comstock
400
Stray cattle found while ranchers were transporting their stock north
What is Mavericks
400
Farms of up to 50,000 acres
What is Bonanza Farms
400
What are two jobs the women had in Native American culture
What is -Cooking, Cleaning -Having kids -Prepared Hides
400
The massacre of 80 US soldiers at Bozeman, Montana who were lured into a trap
What is Fetterman's Massacre
500
The name of self appointed volunteers who would track down and punish criminals during the mining industry.
What is vigilance committees
500
The main trail the ranchers took when they were transporting their cattle north to sell (Located in Abilene, KS)
What is The Chisolm Trail
500
Name two main reasons for the settling of the Great Plains
What is -Homestead Act -Oklahoma Land Rush -Mining -The Railroads
500
Name three cultures we learned about from the presentations (Not from your own team)
What is (Answers will vary)
500
The massacre of somewhere between 69 and 600 Native Americans in Colorado by Colonel Chivington
What is Sand Creek Massacre
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