An area across the Great Plains where wheat was the main cash crop
Wheat Belt
100
Mining with simple equipment like picks, shovels, and pans
Placer Mining
100
Cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of Texas
Texas Longhorns
100
Act passed in order to encourage assimilation of Native Americans into American society
Dawes Act
100
These people moved around following their sources of food
Nomad
200
The government sponsored settlement of the Great Plains-
You could receive up to 160 acres of land after living there 5 years
Homestead Act
200
__________ mining was when corporations dug deep beneath the surface
Quartz
200
Rout from Texas to Abilene, Kansas that became the major cattle drive route
Chisholm Trail
200
Being absorbed into another culture
Assimilate
200
This general underestimated the Native Americans at Little Bighorn & was killed in battle
General George Custer
300
Nickname given to many Great Plains farmers who practiced dry farming
Sod busters
300
The cycle of a town growing then becoming a ghost town
Boom & bust
300
Journey across the Plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
long-drive
300
Payments to the Native Americans for moving to a reservation
Annuity
300
A piece of land given to a Native American where they were supposed to farm & provide for their families. The size depended on the status of the native
allotment
400
Huge, profitable wheat farms in the Great Plains were known as _________ farms
Bonanza
400
People who said "Pikes Peak or Bust" were _______ miners
Gold
400
The invention that helped end the cowboy lifestyle
Barbed wire
400
The place where natives fled & were murdered after not being able to continue their Ghost Dance
Wounded Knee
400
The Census Bureau said the ______ was closing & this scared many people back east
Frontier
500
planting seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow
Dry farming
500
The town of Leadville got its name from deposits of _______
Silver
500
These books told exaggerated tails of cowboys daring acts
Dime novels
500
The Cheyenne went to Camp Lyon to negotiate but were murdered instead which became known as the ____ _____ Massacre
Sand Creek
500
Prospector who staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada