Impact on Native Americans
Many Native Americans were forced to give up hunting on their traditional lands and had to learn _____.
Farming
Steel wire with metal spikes used for fencing
Barbed Wire
A way to escape the Sharecropping way of life
Free Land
Chief Sitting Bull led his warriors to victory at this battle. It was the last victory for Native Americans in the conflict against the United States.
Battle of Little Big Horn
This law signed by President Lincoln in 1862 encouraged settlers in the West by offering free land.
The Homestead Act
One way the U.S. tried to force the Native Americans onto Reservations is by killing the _______________.
Buffalo
Heavy-duty plow made from steel that allowed farmers to dig up the thick rooted heavy prairie grass
Steel Plow
Boredom; Need for new experiences
Adventure
This Nez Perce chief led his people on a 5 month, 700-mile tactical retreat to Canada to avoid being sent to a reservation. When he finally surrendered 40 miles from the Canadian border, he said, "I will fight no more forever."
Chief Joseph
Homesteaders were required to do what in order for them to own the land?
1. Build a house; 2. Plow and plant a crop on at least 10 acres of the land; 3. dig a well; 4. personally live on the homestead for 5 years; 5. fence in a certain amount of land
Native Americans were forced to relocate from traditional lands to __________________.
Reservations
Farming by cutting deep ditches in between grains to allow plants access to underground water
Dry Farming
A great discovery was made in South Dakota! Miners from California and fortune hunters from the East are rushing there to find ______
Gold
This Apache chief led his warriors on fierce attacks in Arizona and New Mexico, killing settlers then fleeing back to Mexico in the Apache Wars before surrendering in 1886.
Geronimo
Characteristics of the Great Plains
- No Trees
- Flat Grasslands
- Low Rainfall
Every time valuable resources were found on Native American lands, the U.S. broke ________________ to force the Native Americans to move.
Treaties
Converts wind into energy to pump water from a well, and it helps grind corn & wheat
Windmill
The Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from the west together completed the _______ ______ making transportation easier & quicker.
Transcontinental Railroad
This Sioux leader fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn and during the Great Sioux War. He surrendered in 1877 and was killed by a soldier who claimed he was trying to escape.
Crazy Horse
Former slaves who settled in the Great Plains for a new beginning were known as....
Exodusters
Forcing Native Americans to adopt the culture and customs of the rest of the United States.
Assimilation
This provided fast and safe transportation for people, goods, and resources across the continent
Railroads
I'm an EXODUSTER and heading for the town of Nicodemus Kansas. This is a settlement of _____
Formerly enslaved African Americans
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the 800 mile journey by over 100,000 Native Americans from their lands in Georgia to Oklahoma. More than 4,000 people died on the trip giving it the name _________
Trail of Tears
A house made up of prairie sod. It allowed people to have shelter in the Great Plains.
Sod House