Final - The West

Question 1

Homestead Act

Answer 1

provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land

Question 2

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 2

Railroad that ended in Promontory Point Utah

Irish and Chinese immigrant labor
created opportunity in the west

Question 3

Sitting Bull

Answer 3

Leader of Sioux warriors who destroyed Custers force in the Battle of Little Big Horn

Question 4

Sodbusters

Answer 4

settlers who were farmers - break through the sod to plant crops

Question 5

Crazy Horse

Answer 5

Lakota leader who fought the US Federal govt encroachment
Battle of Wounded Knee

Question 6

Sand Creek Massacre

Answer 6

SE Colorado
200 Cheyenne Indians killed

Paraded bodies through Denver

Question 7

Fort Laramie Treaty

Answer 7

The goal of the treaty was to bring peace between White settlers and the tribes, who agreed to relocate to the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory

Question 8

Battle of Wounded Knee

Answer 8

150-300 Lakota Indians killed by Army

Ghost Dance

Sitting Bull

Question 9

Oregan Trail

Answer 9

300,000 to 400,000 travelers used the 2,000-mile overland route to reach Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, Utah, and California destinations

Question 10

49ers

Answer 10

Found Gold - San Fransisco

Question 11

Assimilation

Answer 11

taming of the savages

become like another culture

Question 12

Ghost Dance

Answer 12

Indian dance representing rebirth/renewal
fear of it led to Wounded Knee Massacre.
Outlawed the dance

Question 13

Battle of Little Big Horn

Answer 13

Colonel Custer vs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

Custers Last Stand
Indians flee to Canada
When the return the are placed on the Reservation

Question 14

George A Custer

Answer 14

General - Battle of the Little Bighorn

Custer’s Last Stand