What was a town in the American west that sprang up quickly during Westward Expansion called?
a boomtown
100
What invention improved transportation in the United States during westward expansion and made travelling and shipping easier and faster?
The Transcontinental Railroad
100
Which group suffered the most prejudice of the railroad workers?
Chinese Immigrants
100
What was the tough strong breed of cattle brought to Texas by Spanish settlers and driven to railhead towns during Westward Expansion?
Longhorn cattle
100
Which Native American chief led the Nez Perce to Canada in 1877, fighting several battles with U.S. soldiers along the way until they finally surrender 30 miles from the border?
Chief Joseph
200
What is the term in economics that means the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices?
demand
200
What machine sends messages in a code of dots and dashes over an electric wire?
telegraph
200
What was the land claimed by a settler of the Great Plains called?
homestead
200
How did cattle drivers keep up with their cattle on drives?
they branded them with ranch symbols
200
Which Native American chief raised a white flag to surrender at the Sand Creek Massacre only to be ignored by soldiers and see his people killed?
Chief Black Kettle
300
What was the demand for cattle in the Northern and Eastern United States during Westward Expansion?
high
300
What were the three major U.S. values or beliefs during the building of the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad?
Manifest destiny, technology in transportation and communication, and American economy
300
What was the term used by many African American settlers on the Great Plains to describe themselves?
Exodusters
300
What was the name of Mexican cowhands that were respected for their skill in herding cattle?
Vaqueros
300
What was the event called when volunteer Colorado militia attacked the Cheyenne in Colorado killing men, women, and children while they slept?
The Sand Creek Massacre
400
What were the East’s major products that were sent West during Westward Expansion?
Clothing and tools
400
What two inventions changed America and the lives of Americans the most in the late 1800s during Westward Expansion?
the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad
400
What is a long period of time when almost no rain falls and crops cannot grow properly?
drought
400
What two major rivers cut the cattle trails?
Arkansas and Red Rivers
400
Who were the Native American Leaders at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
500
What term in economics means the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices?
supply
500
Where did the railroads meet and end the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Promontory Point, Utah
500
What was the name given to the first settlers to farm the Great Plains because they had to break through the soil to farm the land?
sodbusters
500
What was twisted wire with sharp points every few inches?
barbed wire
500
What was the law that attempted to make Native American farmers by taking reservation land away from the Native American and splitting it into smaller pieces?