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She guided the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
This route took settlers from Missouri to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
A Treaty that moved the Southern Plains Indians to a reservation.
What is the Treaty of Medicine Lodge?
Purchase that doubled the U.S. size.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A drop in prices that hurts farmers.
What is Deflation?
He explored the southwest and has a mountain named after him.
Who is Zebulon Pike?
Mail system using horseback riders.
What is the Pony Express?
1876 Battle where Custer was defeated.
What is the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
An Act giving settlers 160 acres.
What is the Homestead Act?
Region where cattle were raised.
What is the Cattle Kingdom?
This Lakota Ledear was killed at Wounded Knee.
Who is Sitting Bull?
An expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Forced march of the Navajo.
What is the Long Walk?
An Act creating agriculture colleges.
What is the Morrill Act?
Who are Sodbusters?
He founded a major fur trade company in the Northwest.
Who is John Jacob Astor?
Major trade route from Missouri to New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
A spiritual movement hoping to restore Native culture.
What is the Ghost Dance?
A Law forcing Native Americans onto private land.
What is the Dawes General Allotment Act?
An organization supporting farmers.
What is the National Grange?
She fought for Native American rights.
Who is Sarah Winnemucca?
A Railroad connecting the East and West.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What is Wounded Knee?
A treaty promising Native land but was later broken.
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
Towns that appeared near mines.
What are Boomtowns?