The Plains
This American icon only lasted 20 years, or till the end of the long drives
The Cowboy
This was the Native Americans primary food source
Buffalo
This act gave away millions of acres of land for free
The Homestead Act
What were lawless towns that popped up overnight around mining sites?
Boomtowns
How many time zones were created in the 1800s?
Four
Cowboys moved cattle thousands of miles to railroads on what?
Long Drives or Cattle Drives
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
The Native Americans
This act abolished Native American Tribes
The Dawes Act
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Gold
How many acres were given to a person under the Homestead Act?
160 acres
This led to the rapid decline of buffalo on the plains
Overhunting
What did Wounded Knee mark?
The end of Native American resistance
What are three qualifications of the Homestead Act?
21 years old, live on land for 5 years, build a home
The construction of this connected the east coast to the west coast
The Transcontinental Railroad
How many companies worked on the transcontinental railroad?
Two - Central and Union Pacific
What was a Pioneer home built out of layers of prairie dirt?
Soddy or Soddie
What tribe was in both Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee?
Sioux Tribe
What is the process of forcing Native Americans to learn the American way of life?
Assimilation
This type of factor causes someone to move TOWARDS a new area
Pull Factor
When was Wounded Knee and the end of Native American resistance?
1890
When would farmers on the plains plant their crop?
Directly after a rain
Who was the leader of the Sioux Tribe?
Sitting Bull
This President passed the Homestead Act
Abraham Lincoln
Idea we are divinely ordained to move American culture west
Manifest Destiny
When did the Homestead Act pass?
1862