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ch 19 study guide
ch19 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the horses help the Plains?When they were first seen what were they known as by Plains Indians? | They learned about the horses from neighboring the tribes. |
| Why did the railroad companies hire immigrants to build the transcontinental railroad? | An "Iron Horse"belching black smoke and moving at stunting speeds. |
| What did cowhands adopt from vaqueros? | Riding,roping,and branding. |
| What did the Fort Laramie Treaty want native Americans to do? | To keep to a limited area in return they promised money and domestic. |
| What happened at the battle of Little Bighorn (Custer's Last Stand)? | Custer and all his men died. |
| Why didn't the Dawes act succeed? | The Native land was an open place for riding. |
| Why was the National Grange set up? | To boost farm profits and reduce the rates that railroads. |
| Why did Exodusters move to the West? | When the freedom blacke had gained after civil war. |
| How did news of the Comstock Lode affect the West? | They stock gold in Sierra Nevada in 1859 |
| What were the major benefits of the transcontinental railroad? | They stretched across a continent from coast to coast. |
| What did cowhands have to do on cattle drives? | Drive animals hundreds of miles to railroad lines in Kansas and Missouri. |
| Why was the Hispanic-American Alliance formed? | To protect and fight for there rights. |
| Who resisted the governments attempts to force Native Americans on reservations?(What two major Native American leaders? | Chief Joseph Flees,Geronimo |
| What was the Ghost Dance?Why was it performed? | World spread that a prosper named Wcvoka had appeared said would make a new world. |
| How did the government encourage settlers to move onto the plains? | They passed Homestead Act 160 acres of free land for a small fee and farmed on it for five years. |
| How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West?what were some problems associated with this act? | Many immigrants and easterners rush to accept the offer of freeland. |
| Where was the Farmers' Alliance most active? | From Texas through the south and into the plains |
| What are reservations? | Limited area set aside for N.A. |
| Who were Susette La Flesche and Helen Hunt Jackson?Why were they important? | Reformers who wrote books about how whites hurt American Indians. |
| Explain how the way of life of life of the Plains Indians changed in the late 1800s. | The Federal Government took away The power of Indians leaders. |
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