Category 1
Which two railroad companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What discovery led to the settlement of Colorado in 1859?
Gold
The survival of the Plains Indians depended primarily on:
Buffalo
What battle became known as “Custer’s Last Stand”? TPL
Battle at Little Bighorn
Which territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 and mocked as “Seward’s Folly”?
Alaska
The Union Pacific Railroad primarily employed ______ workers.
Irish
The richest silver mine in Nevada was known as the:
Comstock Lode
Which nickname was given to settlers who rushed illegally onto Oklahoma land before it officially opened?
Sooners
Reservations created for Plains Indians were usually located on:
Arid, barren land
Which book highlighted the government’s mistreatment of Native Americans? DBL
A Century of Dishonor
The Central Pacific Railroad relied heavily on ______ workers.
Chinese
Cowboys herded cattle across open ranges to:
Northern railroad terminals (to ship on trains)
What farming method was developed to deal with little rainfall in the Great Plains? DBL
Dry farming
Which Sioux leader was known as a political figure?
Sitting Bull
Three events that led to the Spanish-American War:
DBL
Yellow Journalism, deLome Letter, USS Maine
Where was the golden spike driven to mark the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Promontory Point
What invention caused the end of the open-range cattle industry?
Mostly Barbed wire (fenced in properties)
The Wounded Knee Massacre resulted in the deaths of about:
300 Native Americans (mostly women and children) and 25 troops
Who led the Nez Perce in an attempt to reach Canada?
Chief Joseph
What was the central issue of the 1900 presidential election??
Imperialism
Name 3 territories gained from the Spanish-American War?
Guam, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered settlers:
160 acres of free land to those that "improved" the land (by farming or housing)
This tried to make things right with the Native Americans by giving them and their families 160 acres of land to live on
Dawes Act
Name 4 ways the buffalo was used/important to the Plains Indians? - as listed in notes (Sioux, Cheyenne)
Food, Clothing, Shelter, Tools, Spiritual beliefs
This naval commander (commodore) won the Battle of Manilla Bay?
George Dewey