Transcontinental Railroad

The railroad that connected the East and West coasts; opened new markets and sped up settlement.

A tax on imported goods meant to protect American industries.

Agreement that opened Japan to U.S. trade in 1854.

Treaty encouraging Chinese immigration for labor.

Case allowing states to regulate businesses affecting the public interest.

System where U.S. currency value was tied only to gold.

When the U.S. stopped minting silver, angering farmers and miners.

Granted settlers 160 acres of free land if they lived on and improved it.

Provided land grants to fund agricultural and engineering colleges.

Colleges created with federal land to promote agriculture and science.

Massive silver deposit discovered in Nevada in 1859.

Cowboy-led cattle drives to railroad shipping centers.

Rain follows the plow

False belief that farming would increase rainfall on the Great Plains.

African Americans migrating to Kansas after the Civil War.

Yellowstone National Park

The first national park, created to preserve nature and wildlife.

U.S. Fisheries Commission

Early federal agency studying and protecting fish populations.

1864 attack where Colorado militia killed peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho villagers.

1866 conflict where Lakota warriors defeated U.S. troops.

Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock

Case giving Congress the power to break Native American treaties.

Divided tribal lands into individual plots to force Native assimilation.

Battle of Little Big Horn

1876 battle where Sioux and Cheyenne defeated Custer.

Native spiritual movement hoping to restore lands and buffalo.Wounded Knee

Secretary of State who bought Alaska and expanded U.S. influence.

Mormon women’s rights activist and suffrage leader.

Explorer of the Grand Canyon who warned about Western water limits.

Nez Perce leader known for attempting escape to Canada and his surrender speech.

Lakota leader and holy man involved in Little Big Horn.

George Armstrong Custer

U.S. commander defeated at Little Big Horn.

Apache leader who resisted U.S. and Mexican military control.

Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman)

Dakota doctor and author merging Native and U.S. culture.

Showman who created Wild West shows that mythologized frontier life.

Frederick Jackson Turner

Historian behind the “Frontier Thesis,” arguing the frontier shaped American identity.

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Question	Answer
Transcontinental Railroad	The railroad that connected the East and West coasts; opened new markets and sped up settlement.
Protective Tariff	A tax on imported goods meant to protect American industries.
Treaty of Kanagawa	Agreement that opened Japan to U.S. trade in 1854.
Burlingame Treaty	Treaty encouraging Chinese immigration for labor.
Munn v. Illinois	Case allowing states to regulate businesses affecting the public interest.
Gold Standard	System where U.S. currency value was tied only to gold.
Crime of 1873	When the U.S. stopped minting silver, angering farmers and miners.
Homestead Act	Granted settlers 160 acres of free land if they lived on and improved it.
Morrill Act	Provided land grants to fund agricultural and engineering colleges.
Land-Grant Colleges	Colleges created with federal land to promote agriculture and science.
Comstock Lode	Massive silver deposit discovered in Nevada in 1859.
Long Drive	Cowboy-led cattle drives to railroad shipping centers.
Rain follows the plow	False belief that farming would increase rainfall on the Great Plains.
Exodusters	African Americans migrating to Kansas after the Civil War.
Yellowstone National Park	The first national park, created to preserve nature and wildlife.
U.S. Fisheries Commission	Early federal agency studying and protecting fish populations.
Sand Creek Massacre	1864 attack where Colorado militia killed peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho villagers.
Fetterman Massacre	1866 conflict where Lakota warriors defeated U.S. troops.
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock	Case giving Congress the power to break Native American treaties.
Dawes Severalty Act	Divided tribal lands into individual plots to force Native assimilation.
Battle of Little Big Horn	1876 battle where Sioux and Cheyenne defeated Custer.
Ghost Dance Movement	Native spiritual movement hoping to restore lands and buffalo.Wounded Knee
William Seward	Secretary of State who bought Alaska and expanded U.S. influence.
Emmeline Wells	Mormon women’s rights activist and suffrage leader.
John Wesley Powell	Explorer of the Grand Canyon who warned about Western water limits.
Chief Joseph	Nez Perce leader known for attempting escape to Canada and his surrender speech.
Sitting Bull	Lakota leader and holy man involved in Little Big Horn.
George Armstrong Custer	U.S. commander defeated at Little Big Horn.
Geronimo	Apache leader who resisted U.S. and Mexican military control.
Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman)	Dakota doctor and author merging Native and U.S. culture.
Buffalo Bill Cody	Showman who created Wild West shows that mythologized frontier life.
Frederick Jackson Turner	Historian behind the “Frontier Thesis,” arguing the frontier shaped American identity.

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