HISTORY DATES AND PEOPLE

Question 1

Jim Bridger the 5 things he did

Answer 1

1824 first white man to see salt lake city
brought Rocky Mountain Fur company when the fur trade collapsed in 1840s
Built Fort Bridger
in 1850 shorted route by 61 miles - union pacific route
amry guide during expedition against the Sioux and Chyenne who were blocking the Bozeman trail

Question 2

famous mountain men

Answer 2

Jim Bridger - 3 indian wives
Jim Blackwith - Indian Chief
Jeremiah Johnson - killed every Indian he saw

Question 3

1837 depression

Answer 3

wages fell by 40%

20,000 unemployed in Philadelphia

Question 4

first migrants arrived

Answer 4

in Oregon in 1843 and in California the next year

Question 5

how many men digging for gold?

Answer 5

10,000 at the end of 1849

Question 6

Donor party 6 things

Answer 6

they set of with 60 wagons and 300 migrants
left independence in may 1846
in the desert they lost 4 wagons and 300 cattle
sierra Nevada
first migrant died of starvation on 15th of December
reached Johnsons ranch

Question 7

when was all the gold gone

Answer 7

by mid 1850s

Question 8

vigilante example

Answer 8

in 1860s there were gang of 100 road agents terrorising Montana and the sheriff Henry Plummer was there leader, one gang member confesser, 1864 Plummer was caught and hung

Question 9

how many people did Brigham Young bring to salt lake

Answer 9

1,500

Question 10

when did the Mormons main party arrive

Answer 10

august 1847

Question 11

how many did the perpetual emigration fund bring

Answer 11

32,000 by the end of 1851 in England alone

Question 12

what happened to the Mormons in 1857

Answer 12

the us government sent a non-Mormon governor to Utah with 1,500 soldiers to enforce law

Question 13

when did the Mormons agree to peace?

Answer 13

1890

Question 14

who was the first person to mention manifest destiny

Answer 14

John O’Sullivan in The Morning Post in 1845

Question 15

example of droughts

Answer 15

no rain hit Kanas between jan 1859 and nov 1860

1883 serve drought

Question 16

when were women in Wyoming given the vote

Answer 16

1869

Question 17

when was the pacific Railroad act

Answer 17

1862

Question 18

when was the demand for beef

Answer 18

1867-1885

Question 19

when was the two cold winters and a hot summer and how much of the herd died

Answer 19

1886-7, 15%

Question 20

when did the cattle profits fall

Answer 20

1882

Question 21

what did Charles goodnight find when he returned back

Answer 21

8,000 cattel

Question 22

what year and how many cattle did Goodnight sell

Answer 22

1866, 1,700

Question 23

Abilene years and cattle numbers

Answer 23

1867 - 37,000

1870 - 300,000

Question 24

what year did John Lliff supply to reservations

Answer 24

1872 - red cloud and 7,000 Indians

Question 25

sheriff examples

Answer 25

Willian Tilghman - uncorrrupt

wyatt earp - corrupt

Question 26

when did Ella Watson and Jim Averil die

Answer 26

1889

Question 27

what happeded to the cattle barons in 1880s

Answer 27

became bankrupt

Question 28

Johnson country war 3 things

Answer 28

1892
hitlist of 70 people and 22 gunfighters
Nate champion and Nick Ray

Question 29

fort Laramie 1.0 1851 3 things

Answer 29

in 1849 government had made deals with Comanche and Kiowa Indians
Thomas Fitzpatrick - Cheyenne and Arapho
Broken in 1859

Question 30

Little Crows war 5 things

Answer 30

1862
crops failed in 1861 and 12,000 Indians were starving 
august 1862 attack 
45 soldiers - half were killed
by October back on reservations

Question 31

Sand Creek Massacre 6 things

Answer 31

1864 
chyenne and black Kettle 
3 years untilled they reached an agreement attacked wagon trains
Conlonel Chivington 
29th of Novemeber 1864
450

Question 32

fort Laramie

Answer 32

1868

Question 33

Red Clouds War 5 things

Answer 33

John Bozeman - Bozeman trail
broke Fort Laramie treaty 
1866 - government set up talks 
December 1866 captain Fetterman 
Fort Kearny
Sioux, Arapho, Cheyenne
march 1887 - peace commission

Question 34

Great Sioux war 5 things

Answer 34

$40,000 dollars - for black hills 
December 1875 ordered to go back
spring 1876 - 7,000 Indians 
spotted on the 25th june 1876
benteen and reno

Question 35

Dawes act

Answer 35

1887

Question 36

The okalhoma land race

Answer 36

1889

Question 37

when was wounded knee

Answer 37

December 1890 29th

250 soldiers, 25 soldiers

Question 38

when did the governemtn decide no more treaties

Answer 38

1871

Question 39

when was a council set up to take over chiefs power

Answer 39

1880s

Question 40

when did tannery become better

Answer 40

1871

Question 41

who was buffalo bill

Answer 41

Wiliiam Cody - killed 4,280 buffalo in 17 months