Sacred animal to the Plains Indians. Used for food, clothing, and shelter.
What is the buffalo?
100
What does the prefix "trans" mean?
Across
100
Name one of the reformers who were speaking out to help the Native Americans.
Helen Hunt Jackson
Susette La Flesche
100
What was the nickname for farmers on the Great Plains?
Sodbusters
100
Another name for the Populist Party is?
The People's Party
200
A common nickname for the first miners who went west for the Gold Rush.
What is the '49ers?
200
An example of a cow town that developed during the cattle boom.
Wichita, Kansas
Abilene, Kansas
Dodge City, Kansas
200
Which event was triggered by the death of Sitting Bull in 1890.
The Massacre at Wounded Knee.
200
What was the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889?
The government provided free land in Oklahoma that could not be claimed until April 22, 1889. Thousands of settlers showed up to claim land.
200
Who were the two groups of people that joined together to form the Populist Party?
Farmers and Union workers.
300
The main reason why many boom towns of the Gold Rush quickly turned into ghost towns.
The area was stripped of all its gold, silver, and ore. Miners moved elsewhere to find new supplies.
300
The individuals who were hired by ranchers were ____ _____, and they modeled their attired and their tools off of the Mexican ___________.
cowhands, vaqueros.
300
What is the definition of a reservation?
A limited area set aside for Native American tribes by the American government.
300
Name three problems that cowhands faced while on the cattle drives.
The weather
Stampedes
Rattlesnakes
Cattle Thieves
Grass Fires
Low pay
Long Hours
300
The Populist Party was fighting for quite a few changes. Name three things that were part of the Populist Party platform.
Eight hour work day, help from the government to regulate shipping rates, limits on immigration, income tax, free silver
400
These developed around major mining sites during the Gold Rush, and attracted many merchants and traders looking for business and a place to live.
Boomtowns.
400
These two groups of immigrants were the most common groups who worked on the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads.
The Chinese and the Irish.
400
What was agreed to by the American government and the Native Americans at the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851?
The Native Americans would stay on a limited area of land. In return, the U.S. government would give them food, supplies, money, and peace.
400
What was the Grange and what did they try to accomplish?
A group of farmers who worked to push the government to reduce shipping rates, helped farmers set up cooperatives, and encouraged farmers to vote.
400
Why was William Jennings Bryan significant to the Populist Party?
He was a Democrat who strongly supported many of the key issues that the Populist Party was fighting for. The Populists and the Democrats supported him.
500
What led to the start of conflict between the Plains Indians and Americans?
Miners, railroad workers, and farmers began moving onto the Native American land.
500
Where did the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad meet to connect the east and the west?
Promontory, Utah
500
What was the Dawes Act of 1887? What did the Government hope to accomplish by passing this act?
The Dawes Act provided 160 acres of farm land to Native American farmers. They could not sell it for 25 years. The government was attempting to assimilate Native Americans into american society and help them be more self-sufficient.
500
What are the main roles of the Plains Indian men and women?
Women farm and gather, take care of children, set up and take down tepees.
Men hunt, are warriors, pass on tribal traditions, religious leaders.
500
What is "free silver" and why did the Populist Party platform include this idea?
Free silver is the idea that all silver mined should be coined into money.
Farmers thought that having more money in ciculation would raise the price of their crops.