A PERSON WHO SEARCHES FOR GOLD, SILVER OR OTHER VALUABLE MINERALS
What is PROSPECTOR
100
WHY DID A TRANSCONNTIENTAL RAILROAD BECOME NECESSARY
What is SETTLERS HAD NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO MOVE WEST.
100
THE PLAINS IS A LARGE AREA OF LEVEL OR SLIGHTLY ROLLING LAND. IT LOOKED LIKE AN OCEAN OF WHAT
What is GRASS
100
THIS NATIVE AMERICAN TAUGHT HIS PEOPLE THE GHOST DANCE IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY AND JOYOUSLY.
What is WOVOKA
200
THIS IS A LARGE AREA OF LEVEL OR SLIGHTLY ROLLING LAND
What is PRAIRIE
200
A CAMP THAT GROWS INTO A TOWN ALMOST OVERNIGHT
What is BOOM TOWN
200
BUILDING THE TRANSCONTINNETIAL RAILROAD WAS HARD AND DANGEROUS WORK, WHY?
What is THEY HAD TO DIG AROUND MOUNTAINS OR PICK THROUGH THEM, THE WEATHER WAS UNPREDICTABLE, THE PAY WAS LOW
200
THE SOIL ON THE PLAINS WAS RICH WHICH MADE IT GOOD FOR WHAT?
What is FARMING AND RAISING CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS
200
WHY DID THE GHOST DANCE ANGER THE US GOVERNMENT?
What is THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A WAR DANCE
300
THIS IS A PERSON WHO RECEIED LAND UNDER THE HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1862.
What is HOMESTEADER
300
THIS ACT GAVE LAND TO PERSONS AGE 21 AND OVER WHO AGREED TO MOVE WEST, BUILD A HOME AND FARM THE LAND
What is HOMESTEAD ACT
300
NAME THREE OF THE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED BUILD THE RAILROAD
What is IRISH, CHINA, MEXICAN AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS
300
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THE GOVERNMENT SET ASIDE LAND FOR NATIVE AMERICANS BUT THEN ALLOWED SETTLERS TO MOVE IN AND TAKE THE LAND (TRUE/FALSE)
What is TRUE
300
IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID ALL BATTLES WITH NATIVE AMERICANS US LAWMAKERS ORDERED THEM TO GIVE UP ALL THEIR WEAPONS. A SHOT RANG OUT AND A BATTLE BEGAN, IT WOULD BE THE LAST GREAT BATTLE AGAINST THE NATIVE AMERICANS.
What is BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE
400
PUBLIC LAND SET ASIDE BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE USE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE
What is RESERVATION
400
IN THIS BATTLE, THE CHEYENNE AND APPRAHO INDIANS FOUGHT THE SETTLERS, THE CHIEF RAISED A WHITE FLAG IN SURRENDER BUT THE MILITARY CONTINUED TO KILL MANY NATIVE AMERICAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
What is BATTLE IN COLARADO
400
TO MAKE BUILDING OF THE RAILROAD QUICKER, GROUPS STARTED AT EACH END. WHERE DID EACH GROUP START?
What is ONE STARTED IN THE EAST AND ANOTHER STARTED IN THE WEST
400
WHO WAS THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF WHO REFUSED TO BATTLE THE MILITARY AND JUST GAVE UP. HE SAID "MY HEART IS SICK AND SAD, FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANS, I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER"
What is CHIEF JOSEPH
400
THESE WERE MEN WHO WERE HIRED TO TAKE CARE OF THE CATTLE SO THEY WOULD NOT BE LOST OR STOLEN. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUNDING THE CATTLE UP AND TAKING THEM ON A CATTLE DRIVE.
What is A COWHAND
500
THE HANDING DOWN OF INFORMATION, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT
What is TRADITION
500
IN THIS BATTLE CHEIF SITTING BULL KILLED GENERAL CUSTER AND ALL HIS MEN.
What is THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN IN SOUTH DAKOTA
500
WHEN WAS THE TRANSCONNTIENTAL RAILROAD COMPLETE
What is MAY 10, 1869
500
THIS WAS A REFORMER FOR NATIVE AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT TO HAVE THEM EDUCATED, BECOME FARMERS, BECOME US CITIZENS,ALLOWED THEM TO SELL THEIR LAND. SHE WAS IMPORTANT IN THE PASSING OF THE DAWES ACT.
What is SARAH WINNEMUCCA
500
LIFE IN THE MINING TOWNS WAS ROUGH. ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IS THAT SINCE THEY WERE SET UP QUICKLY NO FORM OF POLICE WAS SET UP. HOW DID MANY OF THE PEOPLE ACT WITHOUT POLICE.
What is ROBBING AND LOOTING. IN RESPONSE MANY PEOPLE BECAME VIGILANTE'S HUNTING THEM DOWN AND KILLING THEM.