People
Animals
Steel
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
Morse
Who invented the Telegraph
100
Buffalo
What was a great resource to the American Indians?
100
Barbed Wire
This invention helped to keep cattle inside their pastures
100
Little Bighorn
Fought by George Custer and his soldiers
100
Homesteader
A person that established their home in the Great Plains
200
Exoduster
African Americans who settled in the Great Plains
200
Cattle
These animals provided food and money to the settlers.
200
Steam
This provided energy for this form of transportation
200
Prejudice
A strong dislike for a person different than yourself
300
Black Cowboys
African Americans who worked on the cattle trails
300
Mickey Mouse
Who is a famous mouse and lives in California and Florida?
300
Transcontinental Railroad
This was built across America in the !860's and 70's
300
Homestead Act
Gave 160 acres of land to settlers for 5 years
300
supply
The amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices
400
Immigrants
People that move to another country
400
Prairie Dogs
Thse little critters build tunnels in the Great Plains
400
Omaha, Nebraska
Where the Transcontinental Railroad was begun
400
Telegraph
Sent messages over wires and with signals
400
Reservation
Land given to the American Indians on which they lived
500
American Indians
Who were the first settlers on the Great Plains?
500
Hide
This part of the buffalo provided warmth and shelter to the Indians
500
San Fransciso, California
Where the Transcontinental railroad ended.
500
Chisholm Trail
Major cattle trail from San Antonio TX to Kansas
500
Demand
The amount of something that people want at certain prices
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