"Act"ing Out
This law gave government land to small farmers. They had to be adults, citizens (or promise to become one), and work the land for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This woman invented the Ghost Dance
Who is Wovoka?
This was the 1st major treaty between the U.S. Government and Plains Indians.
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
In this battle Sioux war leader Crazy Horse Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his entire troop.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
An undeveloped area.
What is the frontier?
This law gave land to the STATES. They had to sell the land for money and create colleges that taught agriculture and engineering.
What is the Morrill Act?
This woman helped found Chico, California. She also fought for women's suffrage and temperance.
Who is Annie Bidwell?
This Treaty recognized Native American claims to most of the Great Plains. It allowed the U.S. Government to build forts and roads to travel across Native American homelands (AND they promised to pay for any damages!)
What is the Treaty of Fort Atkinson?
Not a battle...more of a massacre. This is when the U.S. Army shot and killed 150 Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota.
What is the Massacre at Wounded Knee?
This type of farming relies on growing crops that DON'T need much water.
What is Dry Farming?
This law established private land ownership for Native Americans.
What is the Dawes General Allotment Act?
This woman wrote a series of book dealing with life growing up on the plains. Famous books in the series include Little House in the Big Woods and Farmer Boy.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
These were areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans.
What are Reservations?
This Chiricahua Apache avoided capture for many years before finally surrendering in 1886. (You might say his name is kinda cheesy.)
Who is Geronimo?
Who is Sitting Bull?
This law regulated trade BETWEEN states.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This Paiute Indian fought for reform and gave lectures on problems of the reservations.
Who is Sarah Winnemucca?
This 1867 treaty saw most southern Plains Indians agreeing to live on reservations.
What is the Treaty of Medicine Lodge?
This peaceful group of Native Americans was promised they could keep their land in Oregon. When the United States went back on that promise and tried to move the tribe to Idaho - fighting broke out and local settlers were killed.
Who are the Nez Perce?
The name for the Great Plains from Texas to Canada where many ranchers raised their cattle in the late 1800's.
What is the Cattle Kingdom?
This law increased the amount of silver purchased for coinage. Sadly this did not help farmers as much as they hoped.
What is the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?
This was the year that Wyoming approved their constitution (which gave WOMEN the right to vote!)
When is 1869?
By 1850 how many Native Americans were living on the Great Plains?
How many is around 75,000?
This group of Native Americans was so strong that the U.S. Army and Texas Rangers were unable to defeat them. Instead they took away their access to food and water.
Who are the Comanche?
A decrease in money supply and a drop in prices.
What is Deflation?