A Growing Nation
_______ gave the Louisiana Territory to ________.
Spain to France
What was the term given to America's "obvious fate" to settle all land to the Pacific Ocean?
manifest destiny
What was the short lived mail service that carried messages on a route 2,000 miles long.
The Pony Express
Who lead the Sioux Indians against the US Army?
Crazy Horse
Thousands of southern African Americans, known as _______________, moved to Kansas and other areas in the West.
Exodusters
Settlers depended on this river to move products East.
Mississippi River
What was the name of the huge deposit of gold and silver found in Nevada in 1859
Comstock Lode
What was the train line that connects the East and West of America called?
The Transcontinental Railroad
What is the name of the areas set aside for Native American to live on?
Reservations
Breaking up tough turf on the Plains earned farmers the nickname ____________.
sodbusters
How much did the US buy the Louisiana Purchase for?
15 million
Name of the towns that grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.
Boomtowns
What system of time did the railroad create?
Standard Time
Black cavalry soldiers were given this name by the Natives.
Buffalo Soldiers
Farmers began __________, growing hardy crops such as red wheat.
dry farming
What two men led the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
What was a popular route for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas?
The Chisholm Trail
Central Pacific
Who lead the Apache against the US Army?
Geronimo
________________, a founder of Chico, California, supported many social causes.
Annie Bidwell
Sacagawea
What was invented that ended the days of the great cattle drives?
barbed wire
Name the city the two railroad met in and connected the two tracks with a golden spike?
Promontory, Utah
Name of the Battle referred to as Custer's Last Stand?
Battle of Little Bighorn
What was the social and educational organization that called for laws to regulate railroad rates.
National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry