Growth in the West
This railroad connected the East and West Coast
What is the transcontinental railroad?
This animal was driven to railroads to be shipped East.
What is Cattle?
This animal provides Plains Indians with food, clothing and shelter.
What is the Buffalo?
These were places that the US government tried to force Native Americans to live.
What are reservations?
This is the dance Sitting Bull taught his people.
What is the Ghost Dance?
This was the name of the town that would rise up around a gold or silver mine.
What is a boomtown?
This was the name of the person who was in charge of the Cattle Drive. They had a difficult job with very low pay.
What is a cowhand?
Plains Indians lived in these which were usually wrapped in Buffalo skin.
This was the name for people who snuck into Oklahoma early to claim the best land.
Who are the Sooners?
This man was known for rapid attacks on US Troops. Later kids would yell his name when jumping into swimming pools.
Who is Geronimo?
Railroad companies were unable to make this due to over building and too much competition.
What is profit?
This was a cowhands worst fear.
What is a stampede?
This is how women established their rank in Plains Indian society.
What is crafts?
The government decided to outlaw the ghost dance because they thought Natives were preparing for this.
What is war?
This man was resigned due to the amount of death caused by the conflict between his tribe and US troops.
Who is Chief Joseph?
Railroads caused this to happen in 1893.
What is the Panic of 1893?
This furry animal created major problems for cowhands.
What is a prairie dog?
This treaty promised Native Americans supplies, animals, and the rights to their land.
What is the Fort Laramie Treaty?
This man's surrender in 1886 marked the end of formal warfare between Native Americans and whites.
Who is Geronimo?
This event marked the end of the Ghost Dance religion.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
The Philadelphia and this railroad went bankrupt, starting the panic.
What is Reading Railroad?
The addition of these in the West ended the Cattle Kingdom. (You must be as specific as possible).
What is barbed wire fences?
The US government broke the Fort Laramie Treaty because gold was found in this place. (both city and state are needed).
What is Pike Peak, Colorado?
This is the state where the Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
What is South Dakota?
These two men fought over the Lakota land in the Black Hills where gold was found. One would die at the battle of Little Bighorn and the other would be "Accidently" shot for teaching the Ghost Dance.
Who is Custer and Sitting Bull?