THE FIGHT FOR THE GREAT PLAINS
The US government forced the Native Americans to live here
What are reservations?
Mexican cowboys
Who are vaqueros?
The USA needed better transportation because it became more.
What is industrial?
This law made it illegal to form monopolies.
What is the Sherman-Anti Trust Act?
came from all over the world to find jobs in US cities.
Who are immigrants?
Americans once thought this was impossible on the Great Plains.
What is farming?
The first European cattle originated here
What is Mexico?
The railroad was needed to move raw materials to
What are factories?
This company controlled 90% of the petroleum industry in the United States.
What is standard oil?
workers needed someone to speak to them through this.
What are unions?
Native American tribes lived this type of lifestyle of the Great Plains.
What is nomadic?
Drove cattle from ranchers to railheads.
What are cowboys?
By 1860, 80 percent of Americans lived in these areas.
What is rural?
The change in which goods were no longer produced by hand but by machine.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Many Americans stopped working on farms and worked here instead.
What are factories?
This tribe was led by Chiefs Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Rain in the Face.
What is the Sioux?
By 1880s the cattle kingdom was placed by these two groups.
What are farmers and ranchers?
By 1900, 40 percent of Americans lived in these areas.
What are towns and cities?
Passed laws to stop monopolies that are still in effect today.
What is Congress?
workers took this action if managers refused to meet union demands.
What are strikes?
This General was defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Who is Custer?
The railhead by Abilene was started by this person.
Who is Joseph McCoy?
This allowed trains from different companies to fit oin each other's tracks.
What is standard gauge?
Americans demanded the government to stop this.
What are monopolies?
These were the three main goals of unions.
What is higher pay, 8-hour workday, and safer workplaces?