Native America I
Business
Native America II
The West
The Great Plains
100

A spiritual movement that said that the ancestors would return and drive out the settlers, restore native American lands, food supplies, such as the buffalo, and their way of life.

Ghost Dance

100

An economic approach that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and maintain peace 

Laissez-Faire

100

A policy that allotted land to Native Americans on the reservations to help them become farmers and assimilate into society

Dawes Act

100

In this war in 1848, the US won gained 500,000 acres of land from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

Mexican-American War

100

This type of farming allowed farmers to plant seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture to grow.

Dry Farming

200

The Native American Chief who, upon surrendering, said: 'From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever'

Chief Joseph

200

Businessmen who are attracted into business by the prospect of making money in manufacturing and transportation

Entrepeneurs

200

The name of the event in which Native Americans were murdered while waiting to negotiate peace

Sand Creek Massacre

200

The rush to this state for gold in 1848 increased caused the development of new mining techniques that damaged the landscape, such as hydraulic mining.  

California

200

This type of farm yielded big profits, with which the farmers formed companies and invested in property, equipment and hired laborers

Bonanza Farms

300

This statement was made just before what uprising: "If they are hungry, let them eat their own grass or dung."

Dakota-Sioux Uprising

300

The total value of all goods and services that a country produces

Gross National Product

300

Native American Resistance came to an end at this battle on the Lakota-Sioux reservation in 1890.  Hint: the magic vests didn't work.

Wounded Knee

300

This type of cattle became useful after the beef shortages caused by the civil war.  Hint: They were taken to market on the Long Drive. 

Longhorn

300

Provided land where ranchers could graze herds free of charge and unrestricted by private property.

Open Range

400

This Native American Chief had tried to work with the settlers, while leading his tribe.  He had even converted to Christianity, built a house and farmed before reluctantly joining the rebellion.

Little Crow

400

The man who drilled the first oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859

Edwin Drake

400

The school system for Native Americans which had the slogan "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." 

Carlisle Indian School

400

This US President signed into existence five national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests

Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt

400

In 1899, the government took away the so-called Indian Territory from Indian control and gave it to settlers in a land rush in this state.

Oklahoma

500

The death of this army general caused an outcry in the East and the federal government increased its campaign against Native Americans on the Great Plains.

George Custer

500

This man invented the phonograph, electric generator, lightbulb, battery, dictaphone motion picture

Thomas Alva Edison

500

Fetterman's Massacre, The Hayfield Fight and the Wagon Box Fight were all part of this war.

Red Cloud's War

500

This prospector while looking for gold, failed to realize that his property had a lot of silver, enough to help fund the Civil War for the union.

Henry Comstock

500

Groups of self-appointed volunteers who enforced law and order in the 1800s, and would track down and punish wrongdoers

Vigilance Committees