Important people
Who was the man the advocated manifest destiny?
Who was James K. Polk?
Why were people moving out by the railroads?
What is the railroad rented cheap land next to the railroads?
In the late 1800s, what happened in the west that butchered farmer's crops?
What is a drought?
What tribes were in conflict with Colorado while searching for silver and gold?
What was the Wheat Belt?
What is the region of the Great Plains where corn is primarily grown?
Who was the chief that led the uprising of the Dakota Sioux?
Who was Chief Little crow.
When you moved west, there was a chance you strike it rich, how?
What is mining for gold?
True or false: The weather was extremely hot in the summer and temperatures dropped drastically in the winter.
What is true?
Which native american tribe started to rise against the settlers in 1862?
Who was the Dakota Sioux.
What was a common nickname for farmers who plowed the plains?
What was Sodbusters?
Who implemented the Indian Removal act?
What was the governmental program the allowed for homesteads of 160 acres for $10?
What is the homestead act?
Which insect swarmed your crops?
What are grasshoppers?
What massacre was the Cheyenne tribe involved in?
What was the Sand Creek Massacre.
A steel plow, a mechanical reaper, a steam tractor, threshing machine, and mechanical binder are all technology for?
What is farming?
This man staked a claim near Virginia, but soon sold it because there was no gold. Who?
Who is Henry Comstock?
If you lived in the west and were willing to sell meat to the northerners you would...?
What is make more money?
Who had action packed lives, filled with adventure and gunfights- alongside women?
What is cowboys?
What Lakota tribe chief tricked captain William Fetterman?
Who was Chief Crazy Horse.
What are bonanza farms?
What are massive farms with huge profits?
Who came up with the phrase "Great American Desert" for the Great Plains?
Who was Stephen Long?
What was the west viewed as?
What is a place where adventure was daily?
What tribe was also located in the Dakota territory, led by chiefs Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull?
What is the Lakota tribe.
What would happen to farmers if they failed to pay back their mortgage?
What is their land gets taken?