Miners and Farmers
Before the Gold Rush, where were most western settlers headed?
What is the Oregon Territory?
Name one of the several famous cattle trails.
Western
Midnight-Loving
Chisholm
Where did the two legs of the first transcontinental railroad join?
What is Promontory Point, Utah?
What was the most significant victory of the Plains Wars for Native Americans?
The Battle of Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand
Where in California was gold discovered in 1848?
What is Sutter's Mill?
Good was discovered in California is late 1848. This was AFTER which war?
What is the Mexican-American War.
What type of cattle was first used in the cattle industry because they were "free roaming"?
What is the Longhorn?
What were the names of the two railroad companies that constructed the first transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What was the purpose of eastern Indian boarding schools?
Assimilation
What was one of the several names for the farmers' organizations of the late 1800s?
Patrons of Husbandry
Grange
Alliances
This offered 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen.
What is the Homestead Act?
Why was the demand for beef so high?
Feed eastern urban populations
Feed Indians on the reservations
Which two immigrant groups were vital to the construction of the first transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish
Who wrote the book "A Century of Dishonor" about 100 years of broken promises and treaties?
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
Name one of several ways to increase the money supply?
Greenbacks
Bi-metallism
Lower interest rates
Free silver
This was a special term for African-American homesteaders.
What is the Exodusters?
What was one of the primary reasons for the decline of the cattle kingdom?
Overproduction
Destruction of the public grazing lands
How did the railroads literally change time?
What is the creation of time zones?
What was the result of the book "A Century of Dishonor"?
Passage of the Dawes Act
Other than the increase in the money supply, name one of the "planks" of the Populist Party platform.
Various responses
Name two of several reasons most homesteaders never received the deed to their land.
Various Responses
Which American country star sang "Shoulda Been a Cowboy"?
What is Toby Keith?
Why were the railroads important to eastern manufacturers?
They created a national market for their goods.
What did the Dawes Act do?
Broke up the reservation system and gave each Indian head of household 160 acres of land to farm
Which book is an analogy of the Populist era?
The Wizard of Oz