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History 8 ch 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plains Native Americans | relied on the Buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing; their way of life slowly came to an end |
| Helen Hunt Jackson | wrote a book called “A Century of Dishonor” that told about the destruction of native culture |
| Cattle Trails | typically ended at railroad junctions in the north |
| Transcontinental Railroad | railroad that connected the east and west coasts; federal government encouraged railroad building by giving land to railroads; helped to encourage farming out west |
| End of the Cattle kingdom | hot summers, freezing winters, sheep farmers, and farmers fencing in the open range led to the end of the cattle boom; cattle ranchers were forced to down size and buy or grow feed |
| Homestead Act | helped farmers settle the plains by giving them 160 acres for a small fee, it was theirs to keep if they worked it for 5 years |
| Wounded Knee | Battle in which many innocent Native Americans were killed; marked an end to the Indian Wars |
| “Wild West” | Myth that referred to the belief that the west was a place of big opportunities, gun fight’s, and excitement |
| Cattle Industry | Grew out of the new demand for beef after the Civil War; the railroad allowed ranchers to ship beef to both the eastern and western markets; harsh weather and economic depression bring the cattle kingdom to an end |
| Reservation | land set aside for Native Americans; many disliked the practice of sending Native Americans there; those who went hoped to be left alone |
| Oklahoma Land Rush | In 1889 the Federal Government opened up Oklahoma to settlement; homesteaders rushed in to claim land |
| Help for Farmers | The Grange, Farmers Alliance, and the Populist Party all helped farmers gain higher prices for their goods |
| Immigrants | helped build the railroad, worked as cowhands, and mined for gold |
| Boomtown | after a strike miners would build a tent city, merchants would then move in, governments would be established, and when the ore dried up what was left was a ghost town |
| Great American Desert | what many called the Great Plains because of its dry climate |
| Comstock Lode | rich vein of gold and silver found in the Sierra Nevada’s in 1859 |
| Cowhands | low-paid workers who faced many dangers on the cattle drive |
| Grange | were formed to help bring farmers together; provided them with educational and social opportunities |
| Populist Party | pushed for reform; eight-hour workday and income tax were reforms from the populists |
| Promontory | town in Utah where the transcontinental railroad was joined |
| Vaquero | Mexican cowhand; many ideas for the American Cowboy came from them |
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