Key People
Who was known as the Wild Bunch Leader?
Butch Cassidy
What is a guerilla warfare?
A type of irregular fighting involving surprise attacks and ambushes.
What is a legend?
Stories that often exaggerate or fictionalize real events
Outlaw and partner of Butch Cassidy, famous for daring robberies and his eventual flight to South America.
Sundance Kid
A group of criminals who worked together to rob banks, trains, or stagecoaches in the frontier.
Outlaw Gang
What was an infamous gunfighter claiming to have killed over 40 men?
John Wesley Hardin
What does eminent domain allow the government to do?
Take private land for public use.
Who was known for her larger-than-life reputation as a frontierswoman?
Outlaw who began as a Confederate guerrilla fighter during the Civil War and later became famous for robbing, banks, trains and stagecoaches.
Jesse James
A shootout, often quick and deadly, between armed opponents in the West. Many became legendary through stories and folklore.
Gunfight
Which outlaw as killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett?
Billy the Kid
What is vigilante justice?
When citizens take the law into their won hands without a trial.
What popular show dramatized life on the frontier?
Wild West Show
Deputy Marshall in Kansas cowtowns and later famous for his role in 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Wyatt Earp
Marshal
Who was a legendary lawman known for his poker skills?
Wild Bill Hickock
What is a dime novel?
Cheap booklets that exaggerated the adventures of outlaws and lawmen.
What is the "Dead Man's Hand?
A poker hand of two black aces and two black eights.
Gambler and gunfighter, trained as a dentist but turned to gambling after contracting tuberculosis.
Doc Holliday
A person who searched for valuable minerals like gold or silver in the frontier
Prospector
Who became famous for her sharpshooting?
Annie Oakley
What was the role of the Pinkerton Detective Agengy?
To track down outlaws for banks and railroads.
What is the significance of tuberculosis in the Wild West?
It was deadly disease that afflicted many, including Doc Holliday.
Buffalo Hunter, gambler, and sheriff of Dodge City
Bat Masterson
A lawman or official whose role was to mediate conflicts and maintain peace in frontier towns.
Peace commissioner