INDIANS
Where did the US government move the Nez Perce to?
A reservation in Oklahoma.
These were used when people made sure the railway was nailed down in one rail.
Spikes.
What was the reason for miners rushing to California?
The gold rush.
Where did cowboys live?
The Midwest.
This technique did not need water to grow crops.
Dry framing.
These were believed by Indians to be a vital part of their culture and spiritual life.
Bison.
In the 1860 these messengers raid on horseback?
The pony express.
Why was mining destructive?
It disturbed natural habitats and animals.
A lot of cowboys moved out here to herd cattle after the Indians left for reservations because the bison were killed.
The great plains.
What did homesteaders/farmers use to make their houses?
Chunks of sod and soil.
These groups of Indians communicate by sign language and lived in the grate bans?
The grate bans Indians.
These group mainly made the Central Specific Workface?
The Chinese and the Irish.
What does frontier mean?
An undeveloped area.
What was it called when Cowboys herded cattle from Texas to Alabama?
The Long Drive.
What was it called when federal land was granted to farmers after cleaning the land and farming on it?
The homestead act.
These Indians lived in the northwest, became expert horse breeders, and got into a fight with the U.S.A government?
The Nezperce.
This act called for a transcontinental railroad connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts?
The pacific railway act.
Why were murders and robberies common in Boomtowns?
Because they had a lack of law and order.
When did the long drive end?
Winter of 1886-1887.
This act gave 17 million acres of federal land to the states?
The Morrill Act.
What did the Indians call the U.S.A soldiers that the government sent to the area to make the Indians leave?
Buffalo soldiers.
What were the two companies granted the job for building the Trans-Continental Railroad?
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies.
What is it called when a mining camp turns into a fast-growing settlement overnight?
A Boomtown.
This made the long drive end, and cowboys called it this because it killed a lot of cattle.
The great die-up.
This place was not good for farming because of how dry it was?
The Great Plains.