People of the West
One of the first to explore and survey the wilderness west of the Application Mountains.
Who was Daniel Boone?
A nickname for towns that would spring up quickly and then suddenly vanish when economic opportunity ran out.
What are boomtowns?
Many plains Native Americans used these to live in due to their ability to be packed up and carried to follow the buffalo heards.
What are tee-pees?
The group of people working on the rails from east to west.
Who are the Irish?
The large purchase from Napoleon at 3 cents an acre that tripled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The two explores hired the the United States government to explore the new Louisiana Purchase.
Who was Lewis and Clark?
One of the major economic developments that grew in the west due to the discovery of gold and silver.
What are mines?
For survival, many plains Native American hunter this animal?
What is a buffalo?
The group of rail line workers working from west to east.
Who are the Chinese?
Many farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains used this to get their goods down to New Orleans.
What is the Mississippi River?
The Native American girl (16) who aided men exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Who was Sacagawea?
This animal was heavily hunted due to it's thick fur and it's high selling price in Europe.
What are beavers?
Many Native American people were forced to live in these - land set aside by the United States government.
What is a reservation?
The railroad connecting east to west finally connected in this state.
What is Utah?
The large mountain range that covers the western third of the United States.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Started a colony on the lower Colorado River in present day Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
This economic activity involved bring cows from the prairie land on the plains to eastern settlements for auction.
What is cattle ranching or cattle drives?
Many Native American children were sent to these - they would learn English, dress in European fashion and even learn to farm.
What are boarding schools?
Before the railroad, the United States used this - a system of men on horse back carrying mail westward.
What was the Pony Express?
The large hole created by a meteorite and water erosion that would allow for easier passage through the Application Mountains.
What is the Cumberland Gap?
A leader of a Lakota Sioux who strongly protested against the seizure of their lands by the U.S. Government.
Who was Sitting Bull?
The name of the railroad that would connect east and west.
What was the transcontinental railroad?
Major battle that took place where Colonel Custer and his men were surrounded and killed by the Sioux.
What was the battle of Little Bighorn?
Name one of the two companies building the railroad.
What is Union Pacific or Central Pacific?
Original reports came out that instead of fertile farm land, the great plains were actually this.
What is a desert?