Who am I
The Hunt
Moving West
All Aboard
Western Life
100
Who rides a horse and takes care of cattle?
Cowboys
100
What Plains animals blocked the path of trains?
Buffalo
100
In which country did the pioneers expand their territory west?
America
100
This brought settlers to the frontier, along with supplies and other raw materials.
The Transcontinental Railroad
100
African Americans who fled the south after the civil war to live in Kansas.
Exodusters
200
Who lived on the land out west first?
Native Americans
200
Why did the white settlers kill the buffalo?
to sell their hide
200
What does Columbia have in her hand?
wire
200
The railroad connected which two coasts?
The Atlantic and the Pacific coasts
200
These settlements popped up near strike areas where gold was found.
Boomtowns
300
What were the names of criminals who took the law into their own hands?
Outlaws
300
Give three examples of how the Native Americans used the Buffalo.
food source
clothes
tools
shelter
300
What River did the settlers move West of?
Mississippi River
300
In which state did the Union Pacific start and ran west?
Omaha, Nebraska
300
Rancher's cattle grazed without fences. This was known as the.
Open Range
400
These individuals looked for gold and silver out west
Miners
400
Why were the buffalo a problem for railroad workers?
They caused delays and damaged equipment
400
What does this picture of Manifest Destiny depict?
The belief that America should expand from coast to coast
400
The Central Pacific started in this state and ran east.
Sacramento, California
400
The massacre of white soldiers led by General Custer.
The Battle of Little Big Horn
500
These individuals helped build the Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad Worker
500
Which plains people were nomadic and followed the buffalo?
Souix
500
This government program gave 60 acres of free land out west to anyone who would live on it for 5 years.
The Homestead Act
500
The Union Pacific met the Central Pacific at this sight in Utah, in May of 1869.
Promontory Point
500
The massacre of Native Americans by white soldiers.
The Battle of Wounded Knee