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Question 1

What is a teepee

Answer 1

a tent made by treading buffalo hide on tent poles

Question 2

What is a travois

Answer 2

sled pulled by a dog or horse

Question 3

What is a Corral

Answer 3

an enclosure for animals

Question 4

What is jerky

Answer 4

dried meat

Question 5

What is a Lode

Answer 5

a rich vein of valuable ore

Question 6

What is a Vigilante

Answer 6

a self appointed enforcer of the law

Question 7

What is a Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 7

a railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast

Question 8

What is a Subsidy

Answer 8

financial aid or land grant from the government

Question 9

What is a Cattle Drive

Answer 9

herding and moving herds of cattle, usually to railroad lines

Question 10

What is Vaquero

Answer 10

Spanish and Mexican cowhand

Question 11

What is a Cow Town

Answer 11

settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail

Question 12

What are some Native tribes that lived in the Plains

Answer 12

Lakotas, Arapahos, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Apaches, Nez Perce

Question 13

What was the Native’s main food source

Answer 13

agriculture and buffalo

Question 14

What animal changed the Plain Indians way of life

Answer 14

The Horse

Question 15

What did the Plain Indians hunt

Answer 15

Buffalo

Question 16

What were the roles of women in the Plain Indians

Answer 16

Oversaw life in the home.
Gathered food and prepared meals, In charge of setting up and taking down the tepees, Cared and taught their children, Made baskets and blankets,
Ability in crafts

Question 17

What were the roles of men in the Plain Indians

Answer 17

Hunted and protected the women, children, and elders, Passed on knowledge to the boys ,Supervised the spiritual life by leading religious ceremonies, Provided military leadership, Waged war

Question 18

What boomed in Cali at 1849

Answer 18

the gold rush

Question 19

Where was gold found other than California

Answer 19

Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, S. Dakota, Nevada, Utah

Question 20

What problems did miners face

Answer 20

bad working conditions

Question 21

What two companies built the Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 21

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

Question 22

What territories became states

Answer 22

Nevada (1864), Colorado(1876), N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Montana, and Washington (1889)

Question 23

What became in high demand after the Civil War

Answer 23

beef

Question 24

What is a famous cattle trail

Answer 24

Chisholm Trail

Question 25

What was the life of a cowhand like

Answer 25

They had to herd cattle in good and bad weather

Question 26

What was a cattle town

Answer 26

Abilene, Kansas

Question 27

How did the Cattle Kingdom end?

Answer 27

The open land was bought and fenced by farmers

Question 28

When was gold found in the Sierra Nevada

Answer 28

1859

Question 29

What year was the California Gold Rush

Answer 29

1849

Question 30

What did the government promise the Natives

Answer 30

money, animals, farming tools, other goods, and land reservation in return for them to stay in a limited area

Question 31

What did settlers and miners ask from the gov

Answer 31

protection from natives

Question 32

Did the gov break their promises

Answer 32

yes (they moved them and forced them to obey or lose the money and stuff they received)

Question 33

What killed the buffalos

Answer 33

over hunting, diseases, and destruction of land

Question 34

What are the 2 known Lakotas chiefs

Answer 34

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

Question 35

What was the war with Natives v America

Answer 35

Sioux War of 1876

Question 36

Who won the Sioux War

Answer 36

America

Question 37

Where did Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull temporarily flee too

Answer 37

Canada

Question 38

Where did the Nez Perce tribe live

Answer 38

the Snake River Valley

Question 39

Where was Nez Perce forced to move after gold was found on their land

Answer 39

Idaho

Question 40

How long did the Apaches fight for

Answer 40

10 years on and off untill they lost their land

Question 41

What was the Paiute's prophet

Answer 41

Wovoka

Question 42

What did Wovoka say

Answer 42

the Great Spirit would create a new world for them if they danced the Ghost Dance

Question 43

What act was passed in 1887

Answer 43

Dawes Act

Question 44

What did the Dawes Act do and was it successful

Answer 44

it encouraged natives to become farmers and it wasn't successful

Question 45

What did the Homestead Act do

Answer 45

It gave 160 acres of land to anyone who paid a small filing fee and farmed it for 5 years

Question 46

What were the problems with the Homestead Act

Answer 46

Big companies took 80% of the land and illegally resold it and many didn't have the money to move west and start a farm

Question 47

What were the *Exodus*ters

Answer 47

A group of blacks who moved to Kansas

Question 48

What was the Oklahoma Land Rush

Answer 48

a rush of people who wanted to claim land

Question 49

What are sooners

Answer 49

people who sneaked into Oklahoma

Question 50

What technologies were made to farm in the west

Answer 50

water mills to pump water, a new reaper, threshing machines, and binders

Question 51

How was the western climate

Answer 51

dry

Question 52

What were women's roles in the farms

Answer 52

made goods (ex. soap, clothing, and candles), they cooked, preserved food, treated sick, and taught people (Were teachers)

Question 53

What was a problem with farming

Answer 53

the prices went down alot

Question 54

What was the National Grange

Answer 54

an organization which set up cooperatives for farmers to pool money for materials to boost profits

Question 55

Who is Mary Elizabeth

Answer 55

a speaker in the Farmers' Alliance

Question 56

What was the goals of the populist party

Answer 56

to raise farm prices, regulate railroad rates, income tax, 8hr work days and immigration limits

Question 57

Why did the populist party break up

Answer 57

Because the Democrats adopted their issues

Question 58

Who won the 1896 election

Answer 58

McKinley

Question 59

Whats a boom town

Answer 59

a town which rapidly growed because of the gold rush

Question 60

When did the Transcontinental Railroad start being built

Answer 60

1863

Question 61

When was the Transcontinental Railroad finished

Answer 61

May 10, 1869

Question 62

Who made the Populist Party

Answer 62

farmers and labor unions

Question 63

Why was the Transcontinental Railroad beneficial

Answer 63

people and goods could be moved quicker

Question 64

What was the last land grab

Answer 64

The Oklahoma Land Rush