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Moving West After The Civil War
Review Questions
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What minerals were found in the West that attracted settlers?
Gold and silver Copper Iron Zinc Coal
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What are the Rocky Mountain states?
WY CO MT ID UT NV
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What were dangers on the cattle drives?
stampede rustlers no water Indians
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How did cattle get from KS to Chicago, IL?
Railroad
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In what battle did the Indians defeat the army in 1876?
Battle of Little Big Horn
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Who were the 2 leaders at Little Big Horn?
Sitting Bull-Sioux George Custer-Army
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What were Indian reservations?
Land set aside for Indians Ended their way of life
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Who was Chief Joseph? Leader of the Nez Perce
Led long journey trying to escape the army “I will fight no more forever!”
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What happened at Promontory Point, UT?
Joining of the first Transcontinental RR Union Pacific and Central Pacific RR Companies
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What 2 ethnic groups helped build the RR?
Chinese Irish
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Why was the Homestead Act so important?
Gave free land to settlers on the Great Plains
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Why did the newly freed slaves move to the Great Plains?
Homestead Act - free land Called Exodusters
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Describe the Great Plains to each other
Flatlands rising east to west Grassland (prairie) Low rainfall (dry) Wind/water erosion Dust storms
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What are the Great Plains states?
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Name the inventions/adaptations that made living on the Great Plains possible
Windmills Sod houses Steel plow Barbed wire Railroad Dry farming Beef cattle raising Wheat farming
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Why did the Homesteaders build sod houses?
No trees available Easiest natural resource
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How did barbed wire end the open range?
Cheap fencing that divided up the land
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What crop worked well on the Great Plains?
wheat
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Make up a quote Indian Cowboy Sodbuster Miner RR Co owner
Soldier fighting the Indians Chief Joseph George Custer Ranch owner
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Discussion All the reasons people moved West
How the railroad changed life in the West All the ways the Indians used the Bison
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Which would you be? Why? Rancher Soldier Cowboy Indian Sodbuster Miner
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