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S.S The West
Vocab and Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Federal lands set aside for american indians | reservations |
| 1851-first major treaty between the US government and Plains Indians; allowed Us citizens to travel across indian homelands | Treaty of Fort Laramie |
| "Custers last stand" battle between US soldiers led by George Armstrong Custer and Sioux warriors,led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull;worst defeat in US history | battle of Little Bighorn |
| a religous movement among Plain Indians in the 1880s | Ghost Dance |
| 1890-US armyd killing of approz. 150 Sioux at wounded knee creek in south dakota;ended US indian wars on Plain | Massacre at Wounded Knee |
| Legislation passed by congrress that split up indian reservation lands among individual indians+promised them citizenship | Dawes General Allotment Act |
| A large deposit of precious ore | Bonanza |
| Western communities that grew quickly because of the mining boom | boomtowns |
| Railroad that crossed the contiental US;construction began in 1863 and was completed in 1869 | transcontiental railroad |
| Nevada gold and silver deposit discovered by Henry comstock. 500million dollars worth of gold+silver | Comstock lode |
| A system of messangers that carrid mail between relay stations on a route from St.Joesphs Missouri to San Franciso California | Pony Express |
| Two laws passed by the federal government that gave loans and land grants to railroad companies to encourage them to build a transcontiental railroad | Pacific Railway Acts |
| Hearty breed of cattle raised by ranchers throughout western tezas-live through any condiditons | Texas Longhorn |
| public land used by ranchers who were part of the cattle kingdom | open range |
| rights to water on the plains that smaller ranch owners bought from larger ranchers | range rights |
| mexican cowboys in the west who tended cattle and horses | vaqueros |
| act of driving cattle togther amd collecting them in a heard | roundup |
| long journeys which cowboys hearded cattle to go to northern markets or better gazing land | cattle drive |
| competition among large ranchers, small ranchers and farmers on the plains for the use of open range | range wars |
| area of the great plains stretching from texas to canada on which many ranchers raised cattle in the 1800s | cattle kingdom |
| Trail from San Antiono Texas to Abilene Kanas established by Jessie Chisolm in 1867 for cattle drivers | Chisolm Trail |
| name given to both the plains farmers and the plows they used to break up regions of tough sod | sodbusters |
| method of farming taught by Hardy Campbell for plains farmers in the 1890s that allowed farmers to grow certain crops with less water | dry farming |
| Law passed by congress to encourage settlement in the west by giving governemnt owned land to small farmers | Homestead Act |
| Native American leader.war on teh plains cheif | crazy horse |
| defeated by Sioux-civil war verteran was command of the US army 7th calavary | George Armstrong Custer |
| Sioux-refused to give up the black hills | Sitting Bull |
| Led own band of troops;family killed send hundreds of troops after him | Gerinmo |
| Pauite Indian-call for reforms,lectures on problems of the Reservation system | Sarah Winnemucca |
| buiness man,built pens for cattle in small town of Abeline Texas | Joesph McCoy |
| gold mining wasnt working,moved to teton valley montana and was a rancher "Cattle Queen of Montana" | Elizbeth Collins |
| African american cowboy who wrote autobiography about his life | Nat Love |
| made fourtne designing,building, and selling farm equiptment,made reaper | Cyrus McCormick |
| OPEN ENDED: How did the railroad helo the growth of the towns in the west? | Alot of people wanted to be near the railroad,so they went out and built them. More people coming in and out of the town the more money the people makes. Also the refrigated car kept food good |
| OPEN ENDED:what was it like for the cowboys? | Cowboys faced the dangers of cattle theives,bad weather and unpredicatable livestock.Worked hard and didnt have shelter for months. |
| OPEN ENDED: Describe the factors of the Boom and Bust of the cattle kingdom | Boom: Texas longhorn,railroads ship the cattle at a higher price,demand for beef in the east,open range-cattle could travel long distances |
| What put the pony express out of buiness? | telegraph |
| The comstock lode | was a rich bonanza of gold and silver in the west |
| Mining- | was one of the most dangerous jobs |
| Immigrants who worked in mine | often faced discrimination |
| what happen to the boom towns when the mines closed? | they dissapeared |
| The federal government hepled railroad companies build a transcontiental railroad by the passing of | Pacific Railway Acts |
| Union and Central pacific railroads conntect at? | Promontory,Utah |
| War on the plains:US leaders:Native American Leaders:Problems:Resloution: | William T ShermanBlack Kettle,Crazy Horse,Red CloudSand Creek Massacre,US restricted Indians to live on reservations |
| War With the Sioux:USNATIVEPROBRES | George Armstrong CusterSitting Bull,Crazy Horsefound gold in the Black Hills and wanted Sioux to sell their land,killed Sitting bull,Massacre at wonded knee,Battle of Little Bighorn,Ghost dance |
| Southwest and Far WestUSNATPROBRES | Kit Carson,GerinmoCheif JoesphUS raids Navajo fields,home,livestock.Navajo moved to a reservationUS government sent Gerinmo and many apache to florida prison.moved to reservations |
| first major agreement between US and Plains Indians | Fort Larmie Treatyt |
| 1858 discovery that led to conflict between Cheyenne and Arapaho | gold |
| US army officer who led attaack on Cheyanne | John M Chivington |
| killing of some 200 Cheyenne men women and children | Sand Creek Massacre |
| Where was the Bozemen trail and who used it | miners whymoning to montana |
| most of the plains indians agreed to live on reservations after signing | traty of medicine lodge |
| war on the great plains ended with | massacre at wounded knee |
| Century of Dishonor was written by... | Helen Hunt Jackson |
| The_________ended up dividing reservations land among indians | massacre of wounded knee |
| the comstock lode was in | Nevada |
| The pacific railway acts gave railroad companies | large areas of land |
| Central Pacific Workers Start Challenges | Chinese immigrantsScaremento californiasierra nevada mountains |
| Union Pacific Workers start challenges | immigrants,civil war veteransOmah Nebraskaharsh weather |
| who invented the barbed wire? | Joseph Glidden |
| Homestead actprovided required | 160 acres of government ownded land to settlersUS citizen shiplive on land for 5 years |
| Morill Act Provided Required | 17 millions acresstates had use funds from sale of land to build colleges |
| owner of the 1st ranch in the texas panhandle | charles goodnight |
| point from which cattle were shipped on the Kanas Pacific Coast Line | Abilene |
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