people
Who is Daniel Boone
He was an American pioneer and frontiersman
Who was Sitting Bull
a revered Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief and spiritual leader
Where was the Oregon Trail
from Missouri to Oregon, starting at Missouri River towns like Independence and St. Joseph
Who was the Populist Party
a major late 19th-century American political movement (1890s) representing farmers and workers against elite interests like railroads, banks
What was the treaty of Fort laramie
a landmark agreement between the U.S. government and the Sioux Nation
Who was Sacagawea
a young Lemhi Shoshone woman who became an indispensable guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Who was Brigham Young
A full-time LDS Church leader in 1835
Where was Cattle Kingdom
Texas Panhandle to the northern Great Plains and Chicago stockyards
What was the Ghost Dance
a spiritual movement and ritual, popular among Great Plains tribes in the late 1880s, founded by Wovoka (a Paiute prophet) that prophesied the return of buffalo
What was the treaty ofMadicine Lodge
a series of agreements between the U.S. government and the Kiowa, Comanche
Who was Crazy Horse
a renowned Oglala Lakota warrior and leader
Who was Annie Bidwell
a 19th-century pioneer and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California
Where was Boomstown
Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire, England
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers
African American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army after the Civil War, primarily in the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry regiments
What was the Morrill Act
landmark U.S. legislation that provided federal land grants to states to establish public colleges focused on agriculture
Who was John Jacob Astor
He built a massive fortune in the fur trade
Who was Zebulon Pike
He was an American explorer and army officer famous for leading expeditions into the Louisiana Purchase
Where was Chisholm Trail
South Texas to railheads in Kansas
Who were the mountinmen
rugged American frontiersmen, explorers, and fur trappers who roamed the Rocky Mountains from the early 1800s to the 1840s
What was the Homestead Act
a U.S. law offering 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee
Who was John C. Fremont
He was a United States Army officer
Who was Chief Joseph
a renowned leader of the Nez Perce tribe's Wallowa band
Where was the Long Walk
Maine to Massachusetts
Who were the transcontinental railroad
the Union Pacific Railroad (building west from Omaha, NE) and the Central Pacific Railroad (building east from Sacramento, CA)
What was the Dawes General Allotment Act
a U.S. law that aimed to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal reservations and allotting land to individual families for private ownership