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2,000-mile-long trail from Independence, MO and Council Bluffs, IA, to Oregon Country.
Oregon Trail
A huge deposit of gold founded in 1859 by Nevada resident Henry Comstock.
Comstock Lode
A railroad that would cross the North American continent and connect East to West
Transcontinental Railroad
Areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
reservations
The last major military incident on the Great Plains
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Trail from Independence, MO, to Santa Fe, NM.
Santa Fe Trail
Boomtowns
Who made up the largest group of immigrants that worked on the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese immigrants
Most southern Plains Indians agreed to live on reservations through this treaty
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
Some reformers believed Native Americans should do this by giving up traditional ways and adopting Anglo-American ways.
assimilate
The founder of the Mormon religion
Joseph Smith
Vast open range of the Great Plains from Texas to Canada, where many ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800s
Cattle Kingdom
Railroad companies developed this thing that divided America into four parts, which we still use today.
standard time
His soldiers discovered gold in the Black Hills of the Dakotas.
Custer
Which states did the U.S. get from Mexico after the Mexican-American War?
California and Texas
Where the Mormon trail began
Nauvoo, IL
Began to carry the mail west in 1860 on horseback
Pony Express
Treaty of Fort Laramie
A leader of the Lakota Sioux who protested U.S. demands for the Black Hills land.
Sitting Bull
Who was president during the Mexican-American War?
James K. Polk
Where the Mormon trail ended
Salt Lake City, UT
This put the Pony Express out of business
Telegraph line
An Oglala Sioux chief who ambushed and killed 81 cavalry troops in 1866.
Crazy Horse
In this battle, Crazy Horse led forces to surround and defeat Custer and troops.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
slavery in any new territory