Plains Indians
Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
Reservations
Major reason railroads were important to westward expansion is...
They allowed farmers and ranchers to reach eastern markets
Immigrant laborers most involved in building the Transcontinental Railroad
Irish/Chinese
This was the reason for the defeat of the Plains Indians
Railroads
The idea that Americans were destined to expand westward was known as ___.
Manifest Destiny
The Plains Indians depended heavily on this for food, clothing, and shelter.
Buffalo
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in this location
Promontory, Utah
Chinese laborers often faced discrimination for their...
Different dress, language, and customs
This land was a source of conflict between the native Americans and the White Americans
The Great Plains
This allows farmers to pump water from deep underground using wind power.
windmill
Shortly after white settlers arrived in Texas, they learned the cattle ranching techniques of the Mexicans who lived there called________.
Vaqueros
The year the Transcontinental Railroad was completed
1869
How did railroads help encourage settlement in the western territories?
Made travel easier, settlers to move west quickly, and helped transport supplies and crops to markets in the East.
This many men, women, and children were killed by U.S Military in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
150-300
Which invention helped farmers cut through tough prairie soil?
Steel Plow
This attempted to end conflicts by creating new lands specifically for the Native Americans
Indian Peace Commission
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the eastern United States to the ________.
Western United States/Pacific Coast
Railroad companies were given _______by the government
Land/Free Land
Wounded Knee Massacre was a tragic event that happened in what year?
1890
Homes built from prairie grass and soil were called this.
Soddies
What were “cow towns”?
settlements to which ranchers would drive their cattle so that they could be herded onto trains and shipped east to market
Describe two dangers immigrant workers faced while building the Transcontinental Railroad.
explosions, extreme weather, rockslides, low pay, and attacks from hostile Native Americans.
This greatly improved travel time from the East Coast to the West Coast.
Railroads/Transcontinental Railroad
Wounded Knee
Why did the cattle industry contribute to the decline of buffalo populations?
Buffalo competed with cattle for grass