1. Chapter 5, section 1

2.  Pronounced “Sue”  One of the great Native American tribes of the Great Plains

3. Said Native Americans would live on reservations

4.  Areas of land set aside for American Indians

5.  One of the great Sioux leaders  He was killed after an incident concerning the Ghost Dance ritual

6.  Battle between U.S. army and the Sioux near the Little Bighorn River where all of Custer’s men died

7.  One of the 1 st American Indians to call for an end to the reservation system and get people to listen

8.  Process of teaching Native Americans how to live like white people

9.  Broke up the reservations and gave land to the Native Americans

10.  Last battle of the “Indian Wars”  U.S. Army killed 300 unarmed Native Americans and left the corpses to freeze on the ground

12.  Large deposit of gold and silver in Nevada

13.  Communities that popped up when a mine opened that had general stores, saloons, and boarding houses

14.  System of passing mail using riders on horseback

15.  Railroad that would link the East and the West

16.  The place where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads met and were joined with a golden spike

18.  Type of cattle raised in Texas

19.  Spanish ranchers who helped the American cowboys

20.  Refers to the time in the spring when the cowboys would gather and brand the young calves

21.  The journey where the cowboys moved the cattle to market

22.  Major cattle route from Texas to Kansas

24.  Offered 160 acres of free land to any citizen  To encourage people to move west

25.  Gave 17 million acres to the states; in exchange the states had to sell the land and use the money to build schools which taught agriculture and engineering

26.  Referred to the freed slaves who moved in large numbers out of the South

27.  House made of sod/dirt on the Great Plains