Los Ferrocarriles
How do you say "Ferrocarril" in English?
Railroad
Who were the men who led the cattle drives?
Cowboys
Why did Pony Express Riders need to be small young men?
What is so the horse could run fast with little weight
What did the Native Americans believe about the land?
It belonged to God and all men
What is the name of the law that gave people a chance to buy prairie land at a very low price?
The Homestead Act of 1862
Who in the Native American family had the responsibility to cook and prepare buffalo hides?
women
Which group of immigrants had to dig through the mountains to lay the railroad?
the Chinese
What is the Spanish word for "cattle"?
ganado
What was the name of the bag used to carry the mail on the Pony Express?
mochila
What is the name for an area of land where Native Americans were forced to live?
Reservation
What was the name for Blacks who were former slaves who moved to the plains and became farmers?
Exodusters
Why did so many people move to California in the mid 1800's?
The Gold Rush
Which group of immigrants built the railroads across the plains and into the Rockies?
the Irish
Give one reason why a cowboy's life was difficult.
Possible answers:
Worked many hours on a horse
Worked 7 days a week, including nights
Had to be gone for 2-3 months
True or false: One horse and rider traveled the whole way from Missouri to deliver the Pony Express mail.
False
Who won at the Battle of Little Big Horn? The Native Americans or the army led by George Custer and his 600 men?
The Native Americans
What was one of the things that made homestead life very difficult.
Cold Winters
Insects
Crop failure
Far from railroad
What ended the cattle drives?
Railroads were built to Texas
Problems with cattle destroying the land of the farmers
Which company hired Chinese immigrants and began building the transcontinental railroad in Sacramento California?
the Central Pacific.
Why were cattle drives needed?
to move cows from the ranches in Texas to railroads that would take them to market.
Who invented the language of the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What animal killed by settlers was essential to Native American life?
Buffalo
What was the name for the organization of farmers who wanted to be treated fairly by banks and railroads?
The Grange
Why did the Exodusters leave the South and move to the midwest?
Prejudice, unjust treatment
What was hammered in when the Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined at Promentory, Utah?
The Golden Spike
Farmers were getting tired of cattle destroying their land. What invention stopped the cattle?
barbed wire.
How fast did a telegraph message travel?
Almost immediately
What is the word for abandoning your own culture to become similar to and adopt the clothing and way of life of another culture?
Assimilation
What was the political party that nominated William Jennings Bryant for President and wanted to help farmers and workers?
The Populist Party
Who won the election of 1896?
William McKinley