Groups of People
Land/Agriculture
Western Living
Native American Resistance
Conflicts
100
Vigilante
Who was a citizen who took the law into his or her own hands and arrested people who may or may not have been guilty?
100
Reservation
What was land set aside for Native American tribes?
100
Buffalo hunter who promoted the West and created the "myth" of the West through his Wild West show.
Who was Buffalo Bill Cody?
100
The last Native American victory.
What was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
100
A dance that was meant for prayer but was interpreted by the U.S. military as a sign that the Native Americans were preparing for war.
What was a ghost dance?
200
Exodusters
Who was an African American who migrated to the West?
200
Native Americans used this animal to produce such materials as jerky, thread and weapons.
What were buffalo?
200
Frontier
What was the sparsely settled area in the West?
200
Crazy Horse
Who was a Sioux chief that wanted to drive out the settlers?
200
The Colorado militia attacked a peaceful Cheyenne village.
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
300
Received the right to vote in Wyoming.
Who were women?
300
Sodbusters
Who were farmers on the Great Plains?
300
Mexicanos
Who were Spanish-speaking southwesterners who lost their political and economic power once English-speaking whites settled in the Southwest?
300
Sitting Bull
Who was a Sioux chief who fought against white settlers and George Custer?
300
Wounded Knee Massacre
What was the massacre that U.S. troops killed 300 Sioux after a gun shot was heard?
400
Vaqueros
Who were cowhands who came to the Southwest from Mexico?
400
Homestead Act
What was a law that offered land to anyone who agreed to settle it?
400
Boomtowns
What were towns that experienced a rapid economic or population growth after the discovery of gold and silver was found in the area?
400
Lieutenant Colonel who led 211 U.S. soldiers to fight thousands of Native Americans and lost.
Who was Geoge Custer?
400
The Nez Perce chief who refused to give up their land but was eventually forced to surrender.
Who was Chief Joseph?
500
Buffalo soldiers
Who were African Americans that served in the U.S. army in the West?
500
A failed act that gave Native Americans land so that they could become farmers.
What was the Dawes Act?
500
The U.S. government tried to force Native Americans to do this by having them become farmers and live like the white settlers.
What was assimilate?
500
Name one of the two major Native American tribes that helped defeat George Custer and his men.
Who were the Sioux or Cheyennes?
500
Wovoka
Who was a Native American prophet who believed that the there would be a time when the Native Americans would roam free again?
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