Miners
Cowboys and the Cattle Kingdom
Transcontinental Railroad
Wars for the West
Farming and Populism
100
He was a miner who found a huge vein of gold and silver in Nevada in 1859
Who is Henry Comstock
100
Public land, once owned by the Plains Indians, and now used by ranchers for their cattle
What is an open range?
100
a system of messengers on horseback which carried mail between relay situations on a 2000 mile route
What was the Pony Express?
100
for food, shelter, clothing, utensils, and tools
How the Plains Indians used Buffalo ?
100
conditions like extreme weather and tough sod on the plains
What were some of the challenges of farming on the Plains?
200
unsafe equipment, poor conditions in the mines, dusty air, fire, and cave-ins.
What made mining dangerous?
200
A type of cattle who could handle harsh winters and needed little water
Why longhorns were a popular breed?
200

Promontory, Utah

The location where the transcontinental railroad met and a "golden spike" was driven in to celebrate the completion.  

200
an area of federal land set aside for Native Americans
What is a reservation?
200
a community founder who supported a variety of moral and social causes such as women's suffrage and temperance
Who was Annie Bidwell?
300

These developed quickly and in many cases disappeared quickly because of the mining industry. 

What are Boomtowns

300
an expanded economy and population created a need for more beef, the removal of the Plains Indians, and the longhorn's ability to handle a harsh winter
What are the conditions which made the development of the cattle kingdom possible?
300
crossing mountains, ranges, snowstorms, harsh weather, and getting food and supplies to workers in remote regions.
What were the geographic challenges railroad companies faced during construction?
300
US- George Armstrong Custer Sioux- Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Which US and Sioux leaders battled the Little Bighorn?
300
political organizations formed by farmers to elect candidates that would help them
What were the Farmers' Alliances?
400
washing, cooking, making clothes, chopping wood, newspaper writing, and raising the children while the men were in the mines
What were the jobs of women in a boomtown?
400
They are the workers who took care of the ranchers' cattle
What is cowboy?
400
a railroad that would cross the continent and connect the East to West
What was the Transcontinental Railroad?
400
a 300-mile march in which the US army led Navajo captives across the desert to a New Mexico reservation
What was the Long Walk?
400
issues like government ownership of railroads; telegraph and telephone services; free silver coinage; eight-hour work days, and limits on immigration
What were the Populist Party's main issues?
500
They needed jobs- they thought they could get rich by mining.
Why people from other countries, and the East moved west to work in the mines?
500
This trail ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas and was very popular with cattle drives.
What is the Chisholm Trail?
500
harsh terrain, rough weather, lack of food and water, and long hours
What were the rough conditions which rail workers faced?
500
a religious movement that predicted the return of the buffalo herds and the disappearance of white settlers
What was the Ghost Dance?
500
These Native American Indian tribes previously owned the land that Oklahoma Homesteaders claimed
Who were the Seminole and Creek Indians Tribes?
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