Gold Mining
Why does gold stay in a gold pan when the dirt is washed away?
Gold is heavier than the dirt
What river did many rich Americans use to travel to Montana?
Missouri River
This mountain range made it hard for Idaho police to help stop the crime happening in Montana.
Rocky Mountains
Who was the first white man to see Yellowstone, the Great Salt Lake, and create a map of Montana and four other states on an animal's skin?
John Colter
Thomas Edison invented this music-playing device on November 21, 1877
Phonograph
Gold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek near Bannack, MT in this year.
1862
How long did it take for 1000 people to move to Bannack, MT?
One year
Define Vigilante
Regular people catching criminals
What was one danger that Americans on the Bozeman Trail faced?
Native Americans, Drought, Lack of grazing land
On November 16, 1532, this Spanish conquistador traps and kills the Incan emperor Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
This Native American tribe defended their land by chasing American prospectors out of Alder Gulch.
Crow
Name one group of people that immigrated to Montana during the 1800s.
Former slaves, Chinese workers, American gold miners, American fur traders
This series of numbers was a sign from Montana vigilantes that you needed to leave town.
3-7-77
What new business, led by Nelson Story, was the last to use the Bozeman Trail?
Cattle/Ranching/Cattle Driving
The Sand Creek Massacre took place in this state in 1864.
Colorado
Name one gold mining town in Montana that we talked about in class.
Bananck, Virginia City, Helena, Garnet, Elkhorn
Finish the quote: Not one miner of ___________ gets rich. The _________ and ________ profit from the excitement.
a thousand, trader, speculator
This Chief Justice convinced Congress to make Montana into its own territory
Sidney Edgerton
This Lakota leader was famous as a warrior, fighting against the United States in the Battle of the Hundred in the Hand.
Red Cloud
Microsoft released the Xbox gaming console on this day in 2001
Nov. 15
How much gold was extracted from Last Chance Gulch near Helena over four years?
$221 million
Name two of the routes immigrants could use to come to Montana other than the Bozeman Trail and the Missouri River.
Mullan Road (Western)
Corrine Road (Southern)
Northern Overland Route (Eastern)
What is one form of discrimination that took place in Montana during the gold rushes?
African Americans were killed
African Americans and Native Americans were prevented from entering some stores
Chinese had extra taxes and were killed
What was one part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 that seemed to benefit the Sioux?
The Bozeman Trail was shut down/The Bozeman Trail Forts were shut down
Mark Twain was born on this day in 1835.
November 30