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Moving West After The Civil War

Moving West After The Civil War. Review Questions. What minerals were found in the West that attracted settlers?. Gold and silver Copper Iron Zinc C oal. What are the Rocky Mountain states?. WY CO MT ID UT NM. What were dangers on the cattle drives?. s tampede rustlers

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Moving West After The Civil War

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  1. Moving West After The Civil War Review Questions

  2. What minerals were found in the West that attracted settlers? • Gold and silver • Copper • Iron • Zinc • Coal

  3. What are the Rocky Mountain states? • WY • CO • MT • ID • UT • NM

  4. What were dangers on the cattle drives? • stampede • rustlers • no water • Indians

  5. How did cattle get from KS to Chicago, IL? • Railroad

  6. In what battle did the Indians defeat the army in 1876? • Battle of Little Big Horn

  7. Who were the 2 leaders at Little Big Horn? • Sitting Bull-Sioux • George Custer-Army

  8. What were Indian reservations? • Land set aside for Indians • Ended their way of life

  9. Who was Chief Joseph? • Leader of the Nez Perce • Led long journey trying to escape the army • “I will fight no more forever!”

  10. What happened at promontory Point, UT? • Joining of the first Transcontinental RR • UP and CP RR Cos.

  11. What 2 ethnic groups helped build the RR? • Chinese • Irish

  12. Why was the Homestead Act so important? • Gave free land to settlers on the Great Plains

  13. Why did the newly freed slaves move to the Great Plains? • Homestead Act free land • Called Exodusters

  14. Describe the Great Plains to each other • Flatlands rising east to west • Grassland (prairie) • Low rainfall (dry) • Wind/water erosion • Dust storms

  15. What are the Great Plains states?

  16. Windmills Sod houses Steel plow Barbed wire Railroad Dry farming Beef cattle raising Wheat farming Name the inventions/adaptations that made living on the Great Plains possible

  17. Why did the Homesteaders build sod houses? • No trees available • Easiest natural resource

  18. How did barbed wire end the open range? • Cheap fencing that divided up the land

  19. What crop worked well on the Great Plains? • wheat

  20. Indian Cowboy Sodbuster Miner RR Co owner Soldier fighting the Indians Chief Joseph George Custer Ranch owner Make up a quote

  21. Discussion • All the reasons people moved West • How the railroad changed life in the West • All the ways the Indians used the Bison

  22. Which would you be? Why? Rancher Soldier Cowboy Indian Sodbuster Miner

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