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Native Americans
Reasons West
The Transcontinental RR
West People
Misc./Vocab
100

This place was sacred to the Sioux; gold was found there in 1874

What are the Black Hills

100

This event, which happened in the 1860's, spurred people west due to the devastation it caused.

What is the Civil War

100
This was one of the two companies that completed the railroad
Who is the Union Pacific or the Central Pacific
100

This person was the proud leader of the Lakota Sioux. Tragically, he was killed by other Sioux.

Who is Sitting Bull

100
The complete destruction of an ethnic or cultural group
What is genocide
200

This event gave Native Americans "hope" that the white man would leave.

What is the Ghost Dance

200

This made getting to the west faster and more efficient.

Transcontinental Railroad

200
The railroads met at this point, in Utah
What is Promontory Point
200
This man commanded the 7th Calvary . . . until June 25, 1876
Who is George Custer
200

Who invented barbed wire? (first and last name)

Joseph Glidden
300

This act effectively broke up Native American land and the tribe by placing power in the hands of the individual

What is the Dawes Act

300

This provided settlers with cheap land, which in turn increased the desire to settle.

Homestead Act

300
This ethnic group was largely responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad
Who is the Chinese
300
This famous leader never had a picture taken of him because he believed the camera captured his soul.
Who is Crazy Horse
300

The absorbing of or combining of cultures

What is assimilation

400

Who was the Native American chief leading the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Crazy Horse

400

This was the first major event to spur settlement out west

California Gold Rush

400

Scandal associated with members of the US government and railroad construction

Credit Mobilier Scandal

400
This man led the Mormons out of the east; he was a Vermonter
Who is Brigham Young
400

Who invented the steel plow?

John Deere

500

This event successfully ended armed Native American resistance in the west

What is Wounded Knee

500

Who was the American commander in charge at the Battle of Little Bighorn? (first and last name)

George Armstrong Custer

500

What are the start and end points of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Omaha, Nebraska to Oakland/San Francisco Bay

500
This man invented the plow "that broke the plain"; he was a Vermonter
Who is John Deere
500

This was the ideological underpinning that spurred people west

What is Manifest Destiny