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2,000-mile-long trail from Independence, MO and Council Bluffs, IA, to Oregon Country.
Oregon Trail
A huge deposit of gold founded in 1859 by Nevada resident Henry Comstock.
Comstock Lode
A railroad that would cross the North American continent and connect East to West
Transcontinental Railroad
Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
reservations
Which states did the U.S. get from Mexico after the Mexican-American War?
California and Texas
Trail from Independence, MO, to Santa Fe, NM.
Santa Fe Trail
Communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened.
Boomtowns
Who made up the largest group of immigrants that worked on the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese Immigrants
Most southern Plains Indians agreed to live on reservations through this treaty
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
Buffalo Soldiers
African American soldiers who served in the cavalry during the wars for the West.
The founder of the Mormon religion
Reservations
Federal lands set aside for Native Indians.
Railroad companies developed this thing that divided America into four parts, which we still use today.
Standard Time
A leader of the Lakota Sioux who protested U.S. demands for the Black Hills land.
Sitting Bull
George Armstrong Custer
A Union army officer in the Civil War, he became A Native American fighter in the West and was killed with his troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Where the Mormon Trail begun.
Nauvoo, IL
Began to carry the mail west in 1860 on horseback
Pony Express
The first major treaty between the U.S. government and Plains Indians
The first major treaty between the U.S. government and Plains Indians
A leader of the Lakota Sioux who protested U.S. demands for the Black Hills land.
Sitting Bull
Battle of Little Bighorn
An 1876 battle in which Sioux Forces led by Chief Sitting Bull defeated a U.S Army Troop led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
Where the Mormon Trail ended
Salt Lake City, UTAH
This put the Pony express out of business
Telegraph Line
An Oglala Sioux chief who ambushed and killed 81 cavalry troops in 1866.
Crazy Horse
In this battle, Crazy Horse led forces to surround and defeat Custer and troops.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Long Walk
a 300-mile march made by Navajo captives in 1864 to a reservation in Bosque Redondo, N.M, that led to the deaths of hundreds of Navajo.