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Vocabulary
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Facts
100
Place where settled area ends and the wilderness begins.
What is frontier
100
The animal that was important to the Plains Indians.
What is buffalo
100
Abraham Lincoln became well known in Illinois through his work as a __________.
What is lawyer
100
People who were selfsufficient must be able to_________.
What is provide for their own needs
100
The railroad was important because it allowed the pioneers to____________.
What is travel farther in less time.
200
People who do not have permanent homes.
What is nomads
200
You can provide for yourself.
What is selfsufficient
200
Who was the leader of the American army at Little Big Horn?
What is George Custer
200
Many pioneers moved to the frontier because ___________.
What is the eastern farmland was crowded.
200
What was one reason American settlers killed millions of buffalo?
What is the herds got in the way of the train.
300
A cone shaped tent that can easily be put up and taken down.
What is a tepee
300
Used to travel by river.
What is flatboat
300
Abraham Lincoln survived the hardships of the wilderness by___________.
What is making the things he needed.
300
The Plains Indians were able to survive by ___________.
What is finding food by moving around.
300
Which statement is a fact? a. The early life of Abraham Lincoln is a fascinating subject to study. b. Life on the frontier was more exciting that life in a modern society. c. Abraham Lincoln was teh 16th president of the U.S. d. The Middle West is the most beautiful part of the U.S.
What is c
400
Land set aside by the government for Indians to live on
What is a reservation
400
A thick layer of soil mixed with grass roots.
What is sod.
400
The man that was hired to kill the buffalo.
What is Buffalo Bill
400
The Sioux Indians believed that a boy became a man when he _________.
What is killed his first buffalo.
400
Which statement is an opinion? a. Building a log cabin was an interesting activity. b. Log cabins were built by pioneers in forest regions. c. It took 70-80 trees to make a log cabin. d. Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin when he was a boy.
What is a
500
Using new ideas and tools to meet human needs
What is technology.
500
Made of steel wires twisted together. Helped protect animals and crops.
What is barbed wire fence
500
He was the leader of the Sioux Indians, and he refused to move his people to the reservations.
What is Sitting Bull
500
Farmers who settled on the prarie used the tough sod for ____________.
What is shelters.
500
Which statement is a fact? a. The U.S. government used soldiers to force the Sioux to move to the reservations. b. During the 1800s, people enjoyed living in log cabins. c. The Great Plains were more beautiful in the 1800s than they are today. d. The history of teh Middle West is the most thrilling part of our country's past.
What is a