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The Wild West
USA USA USA!!
Dora the Explora
Settlers
Native Americans
100
What was the long drive?
Moving herds of cattle from Texas to Kansas
100
The idea that Americans felt they were superior to other countries is called this.
American Exceptualism
100
What was the name of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
The Corps of Discovery
100
What 3 reasons drove people to settle the West?
Adventure

Opportunity to own land and religious freedon


100
What caused the rapid decline in Native American populations?
European diseases
200
What were cattle thieves called?
Cattle Rustlers
200
Virtue, mission and destiny were 3 components that made up this...
Manifest Destiny
200
Why was the Louisiana Purchase a problem?
Jefferson did not have clear authority to make purchase and the US didn't have the money
200
This Act gave 160 acres of western land to anyone who would improve the land and live on it for 5 years
The Homestead Act
200
The US gov't wanted to move Native Americans to this place
Reservations
300
How long was the heyday of the cowboys?
20 years
300
What is a negative symbol in the painting "American Progress?"
Indians and bison being pushed ahead of settlers
300
How did losing the Battle of the Alamo help the Texas Revolution?
It allowed Texas to have time to form a government and raise an army
300
Americans perception of the prairie changed because of this
Dryland farming techniques
300
This commander caused the US troops to fall at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Co. George Armstrong Custer
400
What invention ended the open range?
Barbed wire
400
What was frontier mentality?
The frontier makes people self-reliant and adventurous
400
What war gave the US land from Texas to California (Mexican Cessation)?
The Mexican-American War
400
This device allowed settlers to draw up groundwater
The windmill
400
Misunderstanding the Ghost Dance cause a massacre at the place
Wounded Knee
500
Why did cowboys have to move their herds so slowly?
Cattle would lose too much weight if they were moved to quickly.
500
What are citizens that took the law into their own hands called?
Vigilantes
500
By negotiating with the British, the US established this a northern boundary (49 N latitude) in this area of the country...
Oregon Territory
500
A western farmer is called this
Sodbuster
500
This Native American said, "I will fight no more forever" after the Nez Pierce War
Chief Joseph