Transforming The West

Question 0

How was the Farmland in the west?

Answer 0

It was available and cheap for families to start but life was harsh.

Question 1

What was the Homestead Act?

Answer 1

It encouraged western migration

Question 2

What are the industries that helped transform the west?

Answer 2

Farmland, mining, cattle industry

Question 3

How were the Indians felt with?

Answer 3

The Indians were forced on to reservations run by federal government officials that were often corrupt=Indian ring.

Question 4

How did the Plain Indian Wars began?

Answer 4

It began in December 1866 with the fetterman incident where 88 soldiers were wiped out.

Question 5

After the civil war as a result the Army campaign was unsuccessfull and was forced to sign what?

Answer 5

The second treaty Laramie in 1868

Question 6

What was the campaign of 1876?

Answer 6

Custers last stand was really Indains last stand. The Indians were defeated and forced onto reservations

Question 7

What was the Dawes Act of 1887?

Answer 7

It resulted in the fragmentation of reservation land by promoting private ownership

Question 8

What was the last Indian War?

Answer 8

Wounded Knee in 1890

Question 9

What took over the mining and the cattle industry?

Answer 9

Large corporations with money and technology.

Question 10

What did the railroad control?

Answer 10

Farm transport and they were able to charge any rates they wanted.

Question 11

What was the Indian ring?

Answer 11

Indians were forced on to reservations run by Federal Government officials that were often corrupt.

Question 12

What was the whiskey ring?

Answer 12

Soldiers were stationed on isolated frontier posts and were also cheated by government contractors.

Question 13

What was the Dawes Act of 1887?

Answer 13

It resulted in fragmentation of reservation land by promoting private ownership of land.

Question 14

How did the Plain Indian Wars began?

Answer 14

It began in December in 1866 with the fetterman Incident where 88 soldiers were wiped out.

Question 15

The battle in Washington between President Johnson and the Radical Republican congress came to a head over what?

Answer 15

The US Army

Question 16

How was the farmland industry?

Answer 16

It was available and cheap for families to start but life was harsh.

Question 17

How was the mining industry?

Answer 17

Precious metal like silver and copper created mining towns. There overwhelming male society lack of laws created a lot of violence.

Question 18

What was the cattle industry like?

Answer 18

Eastern cities wanted meat, graze lands were available, and trails were created from Texas to RR junctions and created Cow towns.

Question 19

The people in the way of the Manifest Destiny were the _________.

Answer 19

Indians

Question 20

All were supported by the ____ ___________ connecting the east and west and Europe and Asia.

Answer 20

RR construction

Question 21

the campaign of 1876 Custer Last Stand was really the _____ Last Stand.

Answer 21

Indians

Question 22

What happen to the Indians during the campaign of 1876?

Answer 22

The Indians was defeated and forced onto reservations.

Question 23

The Plain Indian Wars began in December ________ with the _______ __________ where 88 soldiers were wiped out.

Answer 23

1866

Fetterman Incident

Question 24

The Army continued more successful campaigns against the Indians of the southern plains from _______ to ________.

Answer 24

1868 to 1874

Question 25

Buffalo were wiped for what?

Answer 25

Profit

Question 26

Discovery of gold in the Black Hills in 1874 precipitated illegal mining and the army was determined to do what?

Answer 26

End the Indian threat

Question 27

Mining and cattle industry was taken over by what?

Answer 27

Large corporations with money and technology

Question 28

Why was the army forced to sign the Second Treaty Laramie in 1868?

Answer 28

After the civil war the army was very small, full of immigrants, and spread out. As a result the campaigne was unsuccessful in 1866 near Dakota and forced to sign the treaty.

Question 29

What was the Gilded Age?

Answer 29

Where great wealth existed side by side with great poverty and corporations and government were often corrupted.

Question 30

The chisolm trails were created from ________ to ___ __________and ________ towns were created

Answer 30

Texas
RR junctions
Cow