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The Native Americans and Westward Expansion
The Physical Geography of the Great Plains
Cattle Ranching during Westward Expansion
Advancements During Westward Expansion
Locations in Westward Expansion
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Which Native American chief led the Nez Perce to Canada in 1877, fighting several battles with U.S. soldiers along the way until they finally surrender 30 miles from the border?
Chief Joseph
100
What is a long period of time when almost no rain falls and crops cannot grow properly?
drought
100
What term is defined as, when cattle run away after being startled?
stampede
100
What effect did the Transcontinental Railroad have on America?
made travelling and shipping easier and faster
100
What two major rivers cut the cattle trails?
The Arkansas and Red Rivers
200
Which Native American chief raised a white flag to surrender at the Sand Creek Massacre only to be ignored by soldiers and see his people killed?
Chief Black Kettle
200
What was the terrain or the way the land looked in the Great Plains?
vast grasslands
200
What was the major effect caused by the invention of barbed wire, railroad expansion, and the harsh winter of 1886-1887?
the end of cattle drives
200
Why was the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and invention of the telegraph important?
united the country and made the economy of the west grow
200
What was a town in the American west that sprang up quickly during westward expansion?
boomtown
300
Who were the Native American Leaders at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
300
What is the area where an animal or plant normally lives or grows?
habitat
300
What was the major result from the abundance of cattle in Texas, rising cattle prices in the East, and emergence of railheads?
rise of the cattle industry
300
What effect did the telegraph have on America?
It made it much faster to send messages over long distances
300
What was the land claimed by a settler of the Great Plains called?
homestead
400
What Native American Chief was killed during his arrest by the American government for practicing the Ghost Dance Religion?
Sitting Bull
400
What is the term used when a certain plant or animal no longer exists?
extinct
400
What was a town where railroad tracks began or ended?
a railhead
400
What two railroads were involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad
400
What country did Texas win its independence from before it became part of the U.S?
Mexico
500
What event occurred on December 29, 1980, when U.S. soldiers captured Native American Ghost Dancers attempting to flee to the Badlands of South Dakota and then killed men, women, and children as they tried to take away Native American guns?
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
500
What caused the shrinking of buffalo herds on the Great Plains?
They were killed by settlers, caught diseases from cattle, and lost their habitat to settlers
500
What tough, strong breed of cattle had the ability to go long periods without water and could survive on a grass only diet was brought to America by Spanish settlers and raised in Texas in the late 1800s?
longhorns
500
Where did the railroads meet and end the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Promontory Point, Utah
500
What is land set aside for Native Americans by the American government?
reservation