Transcontinental Railroad
Before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, it took this long to cross the continent.
What was 6 months?
This was the purpose of boarding schools for Native American children.
What was to assimilate Native American children into white American culture
This group of people moved cattle from Texas to the train in Kansas.
Who are cowboys?
After the completion of the railroad, how long did it take to cross the continent?
What were 6 days?
This is a portion of land set aside by the federal government for Native Americans to live
What is a reservation?
This group of people was given the most dangerous jobs when building the railroad.
Who were the Chinese?
Due to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad this happened in the Great Plains.
Due to excessive hunting, this was the number of buffalo left in the United States by 1885.
What is 85?
Their way of life was forever changed due to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who were Native Americans? (Plains)
The completion of the railroads allowed resources from the West to fuel this in the East.
Industry
In the 1830s the policy of Indian Removal resulted in the Cherokee being forced to move. What is the name of their journey West?
The Trail of Tears
This group of people moved West and ended up facing difficult conditions, such as tornadoes and locusts.
Who were settlers?
This made the railroad difficult to construct due to rock and weather conditions.
What was the Sierra Nevada?
This is the name of the massacre of Lakota men, women, and children due to a gun accidentally being discharged.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This group of people moved West, many to Kansas, and were known as Exodusters.
Who were African Americans?