Famous people
the man who invented the reaper ?
Who is Cyrus McCormick ?
The bill passed by Congress that said for 10 $ citizen who filed could claim 160 acres of public land .
What is the Homestead Act ?
A the name of a rope a cowboy uses
What is a Lariat ?
The chief who led his people on a 1,,000 mile journey to escape U.s troops
Who is Chief Joseph ?
The invention that solved the problems of wandering cattle and no trees for fence posts
What is Barb Wire ?
A cattle rancher that was paying 40 dollars a head for cattle to be herded to Abiliene ?
Who is Joseph McCoy ?
A bill passed in Congress that gave land grants to establish Agricultural colleges .
What is a Morrill act ?
The type of person who was a cowboy ?
Who are women, men of color, black and Native American Indians.
The Sioux Indian who defeated General George George Custer ?
Who Is Crazy horse ?
)n 1869 this modern transportation connected the Unites states from coast to coast !
What is the transcontinental railroad ?
The owners of the two railroad companies that merged to become the tans pacific railroad company
Who was Thomas Durant and Leyland Stanford?
The material that many prairie homes were constructed of
What is sod ?
The type of animal that cowboys hereded
What are Long horn cattle ?
The Indians known as the people of Pierced noses
Who are the Nez Perce ?
THis farm invention replaced the scythe ?
What is a reaper ?
The two tourist held by Nez Perce tribe
Who are Emma and George Cowan ?
The animals that inhabited the Prairie
What are pronghorn antelope, bison, elk, prairie dogs, wolves, grizzly bear, big horn sheep, and rattle snakes.
The place Cowboys heeded to from Texas
Where is Abilene Kansas ?
The Sioux Indian who said" let it be known I am the the last man of my people to lay down my gun .
Who is Sitting Bull ?
The man who made a map of the route he herded cattle from Texas to Abilene ?
Who is Jesse Chisolm ?
A school teacher who became a cowgirl in 1879
Who is Elizabeth E Johnson ?
The last battle of the Native Americans of the of west
What is the Battle of Wounded knee ?