Inventions
What invention helped keep cattle on the farm?
Barbed Wire
Moving west allowed a lot of people to become....
Land Owners
Who said "I will fight no more forever"?
Chief Joseph
Name a reason to move west.
Financial Opportunities
Land Ownership
Adventure
Miners Fever
What ore was found in California?
Gold
What house was invented due to limited resources available in the west?
Sod Houses
What did you call a group of people who stole things from other people in the west?
Cowboys
What were the two massacre battles one which the Native Americans won and the United States won?
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Wounded Knee
What was the most beneficial way to head to the west?
Trains/Railroads
Why was farming hard with dust storms on the Great Plains?
Dust Storms blew off nutrients and topsoil.
Which farming method allowed to farm while the water was deep in the soil?
Dry Farming
Who said, "I see soldiers falling from the sky"?
Chief Sitting Bull
Who was the Apache Leader who escaped capture many times?
Geronimo
Which travel method took about 5 months to complete?
Wagon
What ore was found in the Dakotas?
Silver
What invention helped obtain water deep in the soil?
Windmill
What was the destiny that settlers believed that allowed them to move west?
Manifest Destiny
Where did Chief Joseph try to escape to?
Canada
What did you call a place where people stopped to rest and trade at?
Forts/Tradeposts
What was the temperature in the Great Plains?
Hot Summers, Severe Winters
What farming tool made by John Deere was essential for farming?
Steel Plow
Which crop became mass produced in the United States due to westward expansion?
Wheat Farming
Who was the WARRIOR BRAVE CHIEF who helped the Lakota Sioux win the Little Battle Of BigHorn?
Crazy Horse
Which state did most travel ways start to the west?
Missouri
Where was water found for farming in the Great Plains?
Deep In The Soil