people
People who stole cattle
Cattle Rustlers
What war reunited America (at least by policy)
what country did the civil war happen?
(north and south) united states
What invention started the industrial revolution?
what is one reason the civil war started?
slavery, federal power, north and south hatred toward eachother
Who were the first people to inhabit the open range
Mexican Vaqueros
What was the most well-known gunfight?
The O.K. Corral shootout
Where was the first open range?
Texas
What product of the revolution contributed most to westward expansion?
The railroad
What was the indian's greatest victory against the U.S Army
Fetterman's fight
Who led the ambush in Fetterman's Fight?
Red Cloud
What was the industrial revolution
The fast advancements in technology from 1760-1840
what was the first cowtown?
Abilene, Kansas
When was the lightbulb invented?
1880
what was the first battle of the civil war?
fort Sumter south Carolina
Who were the first people to perform a cattle drive?
Spanish Settlers
Why did Cattle Drives lose popularity and essentially die out?
There was more cattle than there was demand for and the railroad made it easier to transport
Where did Fetterman's Fight take place
Wyoming on the Bozeman trail
When did the industrial revolution take place
1760-1840
what battle ended the civil war?
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Who were the three most famous outlaws?
What was the union Pacific railroad?
The first railroad to reach across an entire continent
where was the comstock lode found?
virginia city, neveda
what made travel easier in the 1800s?
the locomotive/train
What was the greatest conflict of the 1800's cattle drives
The Johnson county war of 1892