Cattle Kingdom/Farming
Why It Was Called the "Wild West"
Gun-Slinging Cowboys, Exciting Adventures, Big Opportunities
Native Americans Were treated ______ by the American Government
Poorly, etc.
Railroad that Connected the US from Coast to Coast
Transcontinental Railroad
Mexican or Spanish Cowhands that American Cowboys Borrowed their Gear From (Hat, Spurs, Lasso)
Vaqueros
Grants of Federal Land or Money
Subsidies
Location of the Great Plains
Middle of the country from North to South (ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, MT, WY, CO, NM)
Massacre where Native Americans Waved White Flag Yet They Were Slaughtered Anyway
Sandy Creek
Gold Found Primarily in this State
California
Group of Farmers who Pool their Money to Make Large Purchases of Tools, Seed, and Other Supplies at a Discount
Farm Cooperative
2 Factors that "Pulled" People to the West
Excitement, Big Opportunities, Transcontinental RR, Homestead Act
Factors that Led to the End of the Cattle Boom
Economic Depression/Bad Weather/Fencing of Crops
Most Important Animal in Native Americans' Lives & 2 Things They Used from this Animal
Buffalo; Hides for Clothing/Teepees & Meat for Protein
2 Good Things & 2 Bad Things about Building Railroad Track across US
Good: Faster Transportation, Jobs, Access to West
Bad: Hazardous Conditions Working on Railroad, Low Pay Poor for Environment (Later)
Settlers Who Acquired Free Land from the Government
Homesteaders
Reason Homestead Act Encouraged People to Move West
Offered Free Land to Those Willing to Farm It
Plains Farmers Who Had to Cut through Thick Grass to Reach Soil
Sodbusters
Battle that Ended the Native American Wars
Battle of Wounded Knee
Spot Where East and West Met for Transcontinental Railroad
Promontory Point, Utah
Land Set Aside by the US Government for Native Americans to Live On
Reservations
Former Slaves Who Went West for a Chance at a Better Life on Great Plains
Exodusters
2 Candidates in Election of 1896:
Winner:
Candidate Backed by Farmers:
William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley
McKinley Won, Jennings Bryan Backed by Farmers
2 Purposes of the Dawes Act
Success or Failure for Native Americans?
Turn Native Americans into Farmers & "Americanize" their Children by Sending them to Schools
Big Failure
2 Jobs Women Took in Boomtowns in the West
Opened Restaurants, Washed Clothes, Took in Boarders, Baked
Great Native American Leader Known for His Fearlessness Who Defeated General Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
State I Have NOT Visited: Hawaii, California, Arizona, Delaware, Minnesota, Alaska, Michigan
Minnesota