Going West
This group went out west looking for a new beginning.
African Americans
This new type of house was invented due to the lack of trees in the Great Plains.
Sod House
This term refers to the process of forcing Native Americans to act more like White Americans.
Assimilation
The hunting of this animal affected the lives of Native Americans in the west.
Buffalo
Great Plains
Many people want out west for this.
Cheap Land
This new type of fencing was created to deal with the lack of trees.
Barbed Wire
This law made cheap Land available out west to families.
The Homestead Act
This man was a chief of the Lakota and fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Sitting Bull
This type of farming was used on the Great Plains to deal with the lack of rainfall.
Dry Farming
Mining Silver/Gold
The new tool made it easier to farm the Great Plains.
The Steel Plow
This term describes Land that the US Government forced Native Americans to live on.
Reservations
This man was a chief in the Apache and led raids in Mexico.
Geronimo
This city became a major part of the Meatpacking industry.
Chicago
This new invention helped people get out west quickly and safely.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This new invention helped get water from underground using the powerful wind gusts of the Great Plains.
Windmills.
This group left segregation and prejudice in the south for freedom in the West.
African Americans
The man led the Nez Perce until they were forced on a reservation. He said "I will fight no more forever."
Chief Joseph
This animal was raised on the grasslands of the Great plains.
Cattle
These two groups helped to build the Railroad
Chinese and Irish Immigrants
This became a major cash crop on the Great Plains.
Wheat
This law required Native Americans to sell their land and go through assimilation.
The Dawes Act
This was the last battle between Native Americans and the US Government.
The Battle of Wounded Knee
Flat, dry lands describes the physical features of the
Great Plains