Show:
Mining
Ranching
Settling/Farming the Plains
Native American Battles
Native American Life
100
Name 3 gold rush spots
Colorado, California, Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota
100
Ranchers got these grasslands for free
open range
100
This crop was popular on the Great Plains
wheat
100
This was started because the government was late with land payments.
Dakota Sioux Uprising
100
This chief had a quote that said he wanted to go back to the way of life before the white man
10 Bear
200
This type of mining was used to get shallow deposits out of the ground.
placer
200
Cowboys went on long drives for this reason
they could get more than 10 times the money back east
200
This type of farming was used on the Great Plains by planting seeds deep into the ground.
dry farming
200
This was started because miners were on Native American lands.
Sand Creek Massacre
200
This chief led his people 1300 miles before surrendering.
Chief Joseph
300
These replaced lawmen in the old west
vigilance committes
300
This was the purpose of barbed wire.
fence in cattle
300
This gave people 160 acres of land for free on the Great Plains.
Homestead Act
300
All of Custer's men were killed in this battle
Battle of Little Big Horn
300
The Lakota Sioux believed you should _______ before you talk.
think
400
Name 2 problems with the rapid growth of mining towns
crime, run out of supplies, run out of room
400
These are cowboys from Argentina
gauchos
400
Name the 3 conditions for gaining land under the Homestead Act.
build a 12 X 14 house, live there for 5 years, be at least 21 years old
400
This was started because of the ghost dance.
Wounded Knee
400
This is the reason that Zitkala-Sa didn't want her hair cut.
it showed her cowardice
500
The mining industry contributed to the west in these ways
people moved there, people invested money, people opened business
500
This was the problem for eastern cattle on the Great Plains
the prairie grasses were too tough
500
Problems with free land on the Great Plains
it's hard to farm and dry
500
Little Crow led this
Dakota Sioux Uprising
500
This is the reason that the white people wanted the Native Americans to assimilate
help them become more like them and survive