| Question |
Answer |
| lodes |
rich streaks of ore |
| ore |
rock |
| ghost town |
deserted boomtowns as prospectors moved on to more promising sites or returned home |
| subsidies |
financial aid and land grants fromthe government |
| transcontinental |
spans the continent and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts |
| open range |
land that is not fenced or divided into lots |
| brand |
symbol burned into cattle's hide to show who owns the cattle |
| homestead |
earn ownership of land by settling on it |
| sodbusters |
Plains farmers who needed new methods and tools |
| dry farming |
to plant seeds deep in the ground where there was some moisture |
| nomadic |
someone who travels great distances follwoing their main food source, such as buffalo |
| reservations |
tracts of land set aside for them |
| 1869 |
transcontinental railroad completed |
| Utah |
where the transcontinental railway was completed |
| time zones |
the way people measured time as a result of the railroad |
| 1858 Pike's Peak in the Colorado Rockies |
gold was discovered |
| lodes |
where most of the gold was located in the goldfields |
| railroads expanded rapidly between 1865 and 1890 |
railroads could move more goods and people faster |
| railroad construction made possible |
government subsidized it |
| 1865 |
civil war ended |
| transcontinental railway |
used to move things out west |
| chinese |
contributed a great deal to the construction of the Transcontinental Railway |
| cattle kingdom ended |
overgrazing and glut of cattle |
| 1862 |
Homestead Act |
| Homestead Act |
gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for five years |
| challenges of the Plains farmer |
harsh climate, bad winters, plaques of grasshoppers |
| reasons buffalo were killed |
food, clothing, shelter |
| 1887 |
dawes act |
| dawes act |
proposed to break up the reservation and end tribal group identification |
| George Armstrong Custer |
a military veteran of the Civil War |
| Little Big Horn |
Custer's last stand |
| Sittng Bull |
Lokota Sioux leader |
| how did Sitting die |
in a scuffle during a ghost dance |
| Chief Joseph |
said, "I will never fight forever" |
| 1890 |
Wounded Knee |
| Wounded Knee |
last armed conflict between native Americans and US army |
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