Wild West
Finish this movie title: Dances with ____________
What is wolves.
This term means owning nearly or all of a particular good or service.
What is a monopoly.
This act gave away Indian land territory.
What is the Homestead Act.
He was the President who built the Panama Canal.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt.
This was the banned spiritual movement by Native Americans that they hoped would peacefully restore their way of life.
What is the Ghost Dance.
Was known as "Seward's Folly".
What is Alaska.
This is another name for devils rope.
What is barbed wire.
He owned Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockerfeller.
Surveyors chopped up parcels of land into what size plots?
What are 160 acre plots.
Seeking to expand a countries influence over another country for economic and strategic reasons.
What is imperialism.
This act was created to assimilate Native Americans and divide their reservations into farmable plots.
What is the Dawes Act.
Was built to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal.
This is what cowboys did to cattle to know who they belonged to.
What is branding.
He owned the largest fleet of ships in the world and sold it to invest every bit of it into railroads.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt.
In order to keep your homesteaded property, you had to do this.
What is live on and farm it for 5 years.
This President supported big business. It helped him get into office and keep him there....until he was assassinated.
Who is William McKinley.
The Ghost Dance was mistaken for a war cry and caused this battle.
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee.
This was fought for Cuba's independence.
What was the Spanish American War.
This was one of two towns that cowboys drove herds of cattle to catch the trains back east. (city and state).
What is Abilene and/or Wichita, Kansas.
He was "the" financial banker who backed Thomas Edison's electrical grid and was the first to have electricity wired into his home for the lights.
Who is J.P. Morgan.
This state was the area that Native Americans were resettled after removal from Georgia in "The Trail of Tears".
What is Oklahoma.
Founded G.E. Electric Company.
Who is Thomas Edison.
He invented the assembly line making many products mass produced for every home.
Who is Henry Ford.
What is South Dakota.
Name the breed of cow that was used on many ranches in Texas.
What are longhorns.
He led the expansion of the steel industry and built over 2,500 libraries later.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
Who is Lincoln and 1862.
Annexed in 1898 after Dole overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and was appointed governor here.
What is Hawaii.
This President said "Walk softly and carry a big stick"! He was responsible for tearing down monopolies. He was also in the military as a "rough rider".
Who was Theodore Roosevelt.
Name all three territories the U.S. gained after winning the Spanish-American War.
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.