unsettled or sparsely settled area of the country accupied mostly occupied by Native Americans

the area from the Missouri RIver to the ROcky Mountains

location of a mine of valuable materils next to Virginia City Nevada

a town that has a sudden burst of econoic or population growth

aa once thriving community in which of the population has left

people that took the law into their own hands due to a lack of law enforcement

freed slaves that fled the south after reconstruction and settled in the west

the first state to give the women the right to vote

Transcontinental railroad

a railroad that would span the continental connected the east with the west

railroad company that began in Omaha and build track going west on the great plains

railroad company that started in California and went east, blasting through the Sierra Nevada Mountains

event n which the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869; completed the first transcontinental railroad

a 2-3 month trip in which cowboys led cattle to the cow towns along th grassland

unfenced land on the Great Plains in which

the first cowboys that came from mexico and settled in the southwest

Cowboys that took the cattle from Texas to the railroads on the great Plains

sioux chief and medicine man that led native forces at the battle of little bighorn

Siioux cheif and warrior that fought at the battle of little big horn and was known for his bravery

apache cheif that fought mexican and Us forces in the southwest , surrendered to the US in 1887

cheif of the nez perce tribe; led them in a fdaring escape to Cnanda fighting off the US army

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West Fronteir vocab

Question	Answer
Fronteir	unsettled or sparsely settled area of the country accupied mostly occupied by Native Americans
Great Plains	the area from the Missouri RIver to the ROcky Mountains
Comstock Lode	location of a mine of valuable materils next to Virginia City Nevada
Boomtown	a town that has a sudden burst of econoic or population growth
Ghost Town	aa once thriving community in which of the population has left
Viglantes	people that took the law into their own hands due to a lack of law enforcement
Eoduster	freed slaves that fled the south after reconstruction and settled in the west
Wyoming	the first state to give the women the right to vote
Transcontinental railroad	a railroad that would span the continental connected the east with the west
Union Pacific	railroad company that began in Omaha and build track going west on the great plains
Central Paacific	railroad company that started in California and went east, blasting through the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Golden Spike	event n which the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869; completed the first transcontinental railroad
Long drive	a 2-3 month trip in which cowboys led cattle to the cow towns along th grassland
Open Range	unfenced land on the Great Plains in which
Vaquero	the first cowboys that came from mexico and settled in the southwest
Cowhand	Cowboys that took the cattle from Texas to the railroads on the great Plains
sitting bull	sioux chief and medicine man that led native forces at the battle of little bighorn
Crazy Horse	Siioux cheif and warrior that fought at the battle of little big horn and was known for his bravery
geronimo	apache cheif that fought mexican and Us forces in the southwest , surrendered to the US in 1887
Cheif Joseph	cheif of the nez perce tribe; led them in a fdaring escape to Cnanda fighting off the US army

Created by: Liam Ching

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