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Native Americans
Ranching
Life in the West
Railroad
100
The Northwest earned the title the ________ __________ because of the crop frequently grown there
What is Wheat Belt
100
This event was a conflict between settlers and Natives that ended with the death of all the settlers in the troop
What is Battle of Little Bighorn
100
The Invention of ______ ______ ended the existence of the open range
What is barbed wire
100
This type of mining was damaging to farmers
What is hydraulic mining
100
The two railways met at this location
What is Promontory Point
200
This trail connected the Oregon Trail to California
What is Bozeman
200
The _______ Act meant to assimilate the Natives into settler culture
What is Dawe's
200
The type of cattle used by cowboys was the _______ _________
What is Texas Longhorn
200
This was the location where gold was first found in California
What is Sutter's Mill
300
The first boomtown in the West, the location where silver was first found
What is Comstock Lode
300
Natives in the West were called __________ Indians
What is Plains
300
The ________ _________ is a wide expanse of free federal land cowboys grazed their cattle on
What is open range
300
This Supreme Court case was a victory for farmers and was disliked by the railroad
What is Walbash vs. Illinois
300
The federal government created the Transcontinental Railroad by giving _________ to railway companies in the form of free land
What is subsidies
400
This book was the first of its kind to pay attention to the plight of Natives
What is Century of Dishonor
400
The __________ __________ religion was what eventually led to the Wounded Knee Massacre
What is Ghost Dance
400
Cattle went for _____ times as much up Northwest than they did in Southern Texas
What is 10
400
This was the name given to African Americans who moved West after the Civil War
What is Exodusters
400
__________ workers were an important part of building the Transcontinental Railway
What is Chinese
500
This is a city that explodes in population because of a discovery of natural resources
What is boomtown
500
This Native was the leader of the Nez Perce people
What is Chief Joseph
500
The _________ Trail was used to transport cattle from Texas to Kansas City
What is Chisolm
500
This is the name given to settlers who lost their homesteads
What is Sodbusters
500
A _______ ________ was ceremonially nailed into the ground at Promontory Point
What is Golden Spike
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