The West (1865-1890) Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| How did people view the west before 1877? | They saw it as a "treeless wasteland" and not worth selling |
| Five reasons people went west | New technologies Homestead Act Possibility of wealth New beginnings for slaves Adventure! |
| The Homestead Act gave____acres away free as long as the person agreed to work on it for___years | The Homestead Act gave 160 acres away free as long as the person agreed to work on it for 5 years |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Helped people move west faster and safer than wagons did |
| Barbed wire | Used for fences and to make house of sod |
| Sod houses | Houses made out of sod(dried dirt held together by roots) in replace of wood for the houses |
| Steel plows | Used to break up hard dirt for farming |
| Windmills | used to dig deep wells for water |
| Dry Farming | Farmers would plant seeds deep to get at the moist soil underneath |
| Long Drives | Cowherds took the cattle up north to railroad towns which were long drives |
| Geronimo | Famous for; attacking white settlers in the southeast |
| Sitting Bull | Led victory over US army at Little Big Horn |
| Chief Joseph | Tried to lead his people (Nez Perce) to freedom in Canada |
| When the US government wanted to take Indian land, they forced Native Americans onto____ | Reservations |
| Native Americans were not allowed to become citizens until_____ | 1924 |
| Which act tried to make Indians adopt American culture | Dawnes Act |
| True or False: The Dawes Act was successful because Native Americans wanted to give up their traditional way of life just to survive | False |
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