Two Great Inventions that Helped Westward Expansion
The Men And Women Of the West
What Happened to America's Buffalo
100
One of the famous old Trails That Led West
What is Oregon Trail, Santa Fe, Mormon, Southern or Chisholm
100
Without Trees on the prairies, Farmers could not fence in their crops to protect them from the ranchers' What?
What is Cattle
100
A What was a skilled horseman who was very important to the cattle industry.
What is A Cowboy
100
The America's Plains were once home to more 50 million of these animals
What is Buffalo/Bison
200
When this Railroad was Finished, Trek became a Thousand times easier
What is Transcontinental Railroad
200
These Fencing Materials,however, were Generally ineffective against roaming and stampeding cattle.
What is Barbed Wire
200
By the 1890s, the homesteaders and farmers spread out so much that the cattle to be kept on ranches with what?
What is Barbed Wire
200
When the Railroad cut through their grazed lands, they were divided into northern and southern what
What is Herds
300
Settlers could by this land for only this much
What is $2.25 (an Acre)
300
The Invention of this helped solve the water problem on the prairies.
What is The Windmill
300
People,along with cattlemen and cowboys all had similar qualities of bravery, self reliance,Patience and a strong desire to work hard and fight any that is what?
What is In Their Way
300
Hunters killed them for sport, their hides and sometime for
What is Food
400
These Laws helped many people to get up to this many Acres for very little money.
What is 1,280 Acres
400
Flowing up from a deep shaft, the pumped water irrigated the dry Sod, making this type of Farming Possible
What is Prairie Farming
400
These People also went wet in search of gold,silver,farming and Timber.