Plains Indians
Miners
Railroad
Cowboys
Farmers
100
Name the two animals that the Plains Indians depended on.
Horses and Buffalo
100
What was found in the Comstock Lode?
Gold and Silver
100
What did the Pacific Railway Act give railroad companies
Loans and Large Land Grants
100
Why did ranchers raise Texas Longhorns?
They could survive the harsh conditions and lack of water.
100
What did the Homestead Act do?
Gave government-owned land to small farmers
200
What did living on reservations make impossible for the Plains Indians?
Hunting the buffalo
200
What did immigrant face when working in the mines?
Discrimination
200
Name the two railroad companies competing to build the transcontinental railroad.
Central Pacific & Union Pacific
200
Range wars between large ranchers and farmers were caused by
fencing in the land, competition for water rights, and problems with sheep.
200
Why did settlers build sod houses?
there was very little wood to build available on the Plains
300
Name 3 tribes that live on the Great Plains
Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pawnee, and Sioux
300
What are towns that sprang up after gold was discovered called?
Boomtowns
300
Who did the Central Pacific give the most dangerous jobs?
The Chinese immigrants
300
True / False Most cowboys did not have to work very hard and earned high wages
False
300
What are some of the first things many pioneer communities built?
Schools and Churches
400
Name the battle where Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeated Gen. Custer.
The Battle of Little Big Horn
400
Give 3 reasons why was it dangerous to work in the mines.
cave-ins, floods, high temps, little oxygen,...
400
What did the railroad companies have to do in exchange for the loans and land grants?
carry mail and soldiers for the U.S. government
400
Where did the cowboy get the idea for the saddle, lariat, and chaps?
The Mexican vaqueros
400
Who invented the steel plow that was used by the farmers
John Deere
500
What act made land ownership of the Plains Indians private rather than owned by the tribe?
The Dawes General Allotment Act
500
What is the name of the city located near the Comstock mine?
Virgina City
500
What was the most dangerous job for the cowboys?
The Cattle Drive
500
Who were the Exodusters?
African Americans who moved west in large numbers
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