Transcontinental RR
This RR company was building east from Sacramento.
Central Pacific
Homesteaders would receive how many acres of land in exchange for improvements.
160 acres
Cowboys and ranchers did this to mark their cattle.
branding
Who won the Battle of Little Big Horn?
The Indians
What was used to connect the Transcontinental RR's
A golden spike
This RR company was building West from Omaha, Nebraska.
Union Pacific
What insect could eat a Homesteaders crops?
Locusts
Cowboys and Ranchers had this so they didn't have to pay for feed.
Open Range
This U.S. General was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Custer
How much were the RR workers paid a day
$1
Who were the two groups of immigrants that built the Transcontinental RR
Chinese and Irish
This natural disaster made it very difficult for the Plain's farmers.
Tornadoes
When cowboys drove their cattle north to the railroads, it was called this.
Round-ups or Cattle Drives
This Sioux Indian Chief refused to put his tribe on a Reservation.
Sitting Bull
Many Homesteaders grew this crop out on the Plains.
Wheat
At what point did the two RR's meet.
Promontory Point, Utah
The Homestead Act was signed into law by this President.
Lincoln
This breed of cattle was the most common in Texas.
Long Horn
What Indian Tribe helped save the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but was forced onto a Reservation.
Nez Perce
Custer was a courageous General during the Civil War, this happened to him 12 times.
Horse shot out from under him.
Name the four time zones started by the Railroad companies.
Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern
Name two tools that helped Homesteaders farm their land.
Plow and Reaper
What invention ended Open Range for the Cowboys and how did it end it.
Barbed Wire because people started fencing off their property.
Name three major battles between the U.S. Army and the Indians.
Sand Creek, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee
The RR companies received money from these two entities.
Investors and The National Government.