People
American frontiersman, explorer, and folk hero famous for blazing the Wilderness
Daniel Boone
It was a resupply post on the Oregon Trail
Treaty of Fort Laramie
a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
Boomtowe
this person is considered a leader because of his co command
William Clark
a roughly 2,000-mile historic wagon route from Missouri to Oregon
Oregon Trail
a revered Oglala Lakota warrior and leader
Crazy Horse
Theis is what authorized the division of Native American tribal land.
Dawes Allotment Act
a lengthy, difficult journey
long walk
*Daily Double* American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator
Meriwether Lewis
a historic 19th-century trade and migration route connecting Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
santa fe trail
*Daily Double* renowned leader of the Nez Perce (Niimíipuu)
Cief joseph
A treaty with the Plains Indians that pushed westward expansion by relocating tribes to reservations.
*Daily Double* crop production without irrigation during a dry season,
dry farming
a German immigrant who became America's first multi-millionaire
John Jacob Astor
a historic, 800-mile cattle route from Texas to Kansas railheads after the Civil War
Chisholm Trail
He was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force
William Jennings Bryan
*Daily Double* federal law that granted public land and the modern, state-
Homestead Act
a broad decline in prices over time
19th-century pioneer and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California.
Annie Bidwell
The land west of the Mississippi River helped the United States double in size
Louisiana Purchase
The Shoshone woman who famously guided and interpreted for Lewis and Clark's
Sacagawea
Two acts of Congress that provided land grants to states to establish colleges
Morrill Act
to become like something else.
was the second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
brigham young
*Daily Double* an undeveloped area
Frontier