The West Transformed

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The West Transformed
Mining and Railroads Native American Struggles Cattle Kingdoms Farming in the West Odds and Ends
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It connected the East with the West from coast to
coast.

• What is the transcontinental railroad?

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The Sioux leader who defeated General Custer at
the Battle of Little Big Horn.

• Who is Sitting Bull?

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Much of the American cowhands gear was borrowed
from these Spanish cowhands.

• Who are vaqueros?

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They sneaked onto the land during the Oklahoma
Land Rush of 1889.

• Who are the Sooners?

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It was the name given plains farmers in the 1800s.

• Who are sodbusters?

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It was a silver mine named after the man who
claimed the land.

• What is the Comstock Lode?

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It was an agreement signed by Native Americans in
which they agreed to stay in one place so they
would be undisturbed by the white man.

• What is Fort Laramie Treaty?

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It was the name given to the great ranching
region that stretched from Texas to Kansas and
Montana in the 1870s.

• What is the Cattle Kingdom?

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They are groups of farmers who pool their money
to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and
other supplies at a discount.

• What are farm cooperatives?

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They are grants of land or money.

• What are subsidies?

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It provided the most direct route from San
Francisco to Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.

• What is the Union Pacific Railroad?

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It was the main concern of Native American
leaders like Chief Joseph

• What is the movement of Native Americans onto
  reservations?

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This industry developed quickly in the 1860s and
1870s due to the development of railroads.

• What is the cattle industry?

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The land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands
of settlers to this territory.

• What is Oklahoma?

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To change the condition of something.

• What is to transform?

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The Goodnight Loving Trail and the Chisholm
Trail were important for this reason.

• What is the fact that they ended at railroads
  that shipped cattle to eastern cities?

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It ended the wandering of Native Americans, but
it was seen as a failure.

• What is the Dawes Act of 1887?

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The name given to a West full of gun-slinging
cowboys, exciting adventures, and big
opportunities.

• What is the Wild West?

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It offered free land to those willing to farm it
for at least 5 years.

• What is the Homestead Act?

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To continue in the face of difficulty.

• What is to persist?

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It was the usual progression of events that took
place in mining boomtowns.

• What are
• The arrival of merchants
• Government officials replaced vigilantes.
• All of the ore was extracted from the mines.

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It is recognized as the end of the Indian wars.

• What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?

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The West provided these jobs for immigrants.

• What are
• Miners
• Railroad workers
• Cowhands

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These 3 groups helped farmers obtain higher
prices and other economic reforms.

• What are
• National Grange
• Farmers Alliance
• Populist Party

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To break a rule to disrespect to disturb

• What is to violate?