2-The West

Question 1

transcontinental R.R.

Answer 1

railroad that goes from the east to the west

Question 2

boomtown

Answer 2

where gold was discovered

Question 3

exodusters

Answer 3

freedman who moved west

Question 4

indian reservation

Answer 4

natives should give up their way of life and culture

Question 5

dawes act

Answer 5

divided up indian land. Natives should be farmers

Question 6

populist party

Answer 6

formed to unite farmers. cheaper railroad rates

Question 7

sodbuster

Answer 7

sod houses. difficult conditions for those living on western land

Question 8

battle of little big horn

Answer 8

Montana. Conflict between native american tribes

Question 9

homestead act

Answer 9

government gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm it for 5 years

Question 9

wounded knee

Answer 9

U.S. soldiers killed a native American tribe

Question 10

william jennings bryan

Answer 10

made the Cross of Gold speech

Question 11

george custer

Answer 11

died in the Battle if Little Big Horn

Question 12

leland stanford

Answer 12

hammered in the Golden Spine linking the two railroads (transcontinental R.R.)

Question 13

helen hunt jackson

Answer 13

supported improved treatment of native americans