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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Ghost Dance? | a dance the Native Americans performed because they believed the buffalo would return and the white settlers would leave |
| What did Sitting Bull try to tell the Americans? | to leave their land or they would fight them |
| What is the National Grange? | groups of farmers that met for lectures, sewing and other events |
| What are two jobs American women did on the plains? | they Preserved food needed for the winter and educated children |
| Why did the Chivington Massacre occur? | it occurred when the American Army retaliated against the Indians after they refused to give up Pikes Peak |
| Where did all cattle drives end? | a cow town |
| What was the most famous cattle trail? | the Chisholm Trail |
| What is a prospector/miner? | a person who moved out west in search of gold or silver |
| What was the Gold Rush? | the movement out west for mining gold and silver |
| What were large herds of buffalo driven into? | corrals |
| What is a corral? | an enclosure |
| What are two jobs Plains Indian women did on the plains? | tanned buffalo hides to make leather and they made baskets and blankets |
| What was the most important religious ceremony for the Plains Indians? | the Sundance |
| What are teepees? | a Native American made triangular home made of sticks and animal skins |
| What was the Homestead Act of 1862? | it stated you could get 160 acres of free land if you used it for 5 years |
| Who demanded the government to help with the falling farm prices and the regulation of railroad rates? | the Populists |
| What is the Transcontinental Railroad? | a railroad that stretched across the country from the east coast to the west coast |
| Who are Exodusters? | a group of African Americans who decided to move to Kansas |
| Who is William Jennings Bryan? | a Democrat who lost the Presidential election in 1896 |
| Who were the Pueblo Indians? | Indians who revolted against the Spaniards in 1680, and were left with 1,000's of horses |
| Who was Sitting Bull? | An Indian Chief who wrote to the US Army troops when they drove him off his land |
| Who are Sooners? | people who had already sneaked onto the land and claimed it as their own land |
| Who was William McKinley? | A member of the Populist Party and the 25th President of the United States |
| What is the Comestock Lode? | the lode of gold discovered by Henry Comestock |
| Who was Crazy Horse? | An Indian who fought against the Americans invading their lands in 1876 |
| Who were Homesteaders? | people who accepted acquired, free land from the government |
| Who were Vaqueros? | a skilled rider who herded cattle on ranches in Mexico |
| Who was Geronimo? | an Apache Indian who led the Apache Indians against the settlers |
| Who was George Custer? | An officer in the Army who led his soldiers in the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| What is a sodbuster? | a plains farmer |
| What was a ghost town? | an abandoned town |
| What is an "iron horse?" | a railroad train |
| What was a tent city? | a town of people settling in tents |
| What is agriculture? | the science of farming |
| What is a longhorn? | cattle with long horns on their head |
| Where did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific meet? | Promontory Point |
| What 2 Native American tribes lived on the plains for 100's of years? | the Sioux and the Cheyenne |
| What animal served as a living grocery store for the Native Americans? | the buffalo |
| What was dried buffalo meat called? | jerky |
| What treaty did the US Government break? | Fort Laramie Treaty |
| What is a reservation? | land set aside for Native Americans to live on |
| What did each cow town have? | a church |
| What are the names of 2 cow towns? | Abilene and Dodge City |
| What does wholesale mean? | buying or selling things in large quantities at a lower price |
| What is income tax? | a tax on wages |
| What movie was a political commentary of society from 1865-1914? | The Wizard of Oz |
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