Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Moving West After The Civil War
Review Questions
What minerals were found in the West that attracted settlers?
• Gold and silver• Copper• Iron• Zinc• Coal
What are the Rocky Mountain states?
• WY• CO• MT• ID• UT• NM
What were dangers on the cattle drives?
• stampede
• rustlers
• no water
• Indians
How did cattle get from KS to Chicago, IL?
• Railroad
In what battle did the Indians defeat the army in 1876?
• Battle of Little Big Horn
Who were the 2 leaders at Little Big Horn?
• Sitting Bull-Sioux• George Custer-Army
What were Indian reservations?
• Land set aside for Indians • Ended their way of life
Who was Chief Joseph?
• Leader of the Nez Perce• Led long journey trying to escape the army• “I will fight no more forever!”
What happened at promontory Point, UT?
• Joining of the first Transcontinental RR• UP and CP RR Cos.
What 2 ethnic groups helped build the RR?
• Chinese • Irish
Why was the Homestead Act so important?
• Gave free land to settlers on the Great Plains
Why did the newly freed slaves move to the Great Plains?
• Homestead Act free land• Called Exodusters
Describe the Great Plains to each other
• Flatlands rising east to west• Grassland (prairie)• Low rainfall (dry)• Wind/water erosion• Dust storms
What are the Great Plains states?
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
Why did the Homesteaders build sod houses?
• No trees available• Easiest natural resource
How did barbed wire end the open range?
• Cheap fencing that divided up the land
What crop worked well on the Great Plains?
• wheat
Make up a quote
• Indian• Cowboy• Sodbuster• Miner• RR Co owner• Soldier fighting the Indians
• Chief Joseph• George Custer• Ranch owner
Discussion
• All the reasons people moved West• How the railroad changed life in the West• All the ways the Indians used the Bison
Which would you be? Why?
RancherSoldierCowboyIndianSodbusterMiner