What were 4 reasons for westward expansion



| |free land |

| |railroad |

|What were 5 reasons for westward expansion? |gold and silver |

| |adventure and opportunity |

| |cattle |

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|What two companies built the transcontinental railroad? |Union Pacific & Central Pacific |

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|Where did the Central Pacific begin building from and who worked for the |built from California east by the Chinese |

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|Where did the Union Pacific begin building from and who worked for the company?|built from Nebraska west by African-Americans, the Irish and Germans |

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|Where did the eastern portion and the western portion of the TCR meet? |Promontory Point, Utah |

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|Who drove in the final golden spike to complete the TCR? |Leland Stanford, the Governor of California |

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|What did the Homestead Act do? |gave anyone 160 acres of land if they would live on the land and farm it for |

| |five years |

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|What were some challenges the farmers faced? |no rain, too much rain, grasshoppers, deep snow, dry soil, children missed |

| |school |

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|What were some inventions and adaptations farmers created to make living on the|dry farming, wind mills, barbed wire, reaper, steel plow, sod houses |

|farm easier? | |

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|Who was an exoduster? |An African-American (ex-slave) who moved west for land and opportunity |

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|Who was a rancher? |Person who raised cattle |

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|What was the long drive? |Trail on which cattle were lead to be slaughtered |

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|What were some challenges the cowboys faced on the long drive? |Violent storms, wind, rain, moving rivers, stampedes, rustlers, hot sun, |

| |discrimination, and 15 hours on the saddle |

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|What are longhorns? |Popular type of cattle |

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|What was at Pike’s Peak? |Found lots of gold |

|What was the slogan for |“Pikes Peak or Bust” |

|Pike’s Peak? |this began the “Gold Rush” |

|Why was the discovery at | |

|Pike’s Peak so important? | |

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|What was the Comstock |A large find of silver |

|Lode? |The large companies made a lot of money |

|What happened after Henry Comstock sold the | |

|lode? | |

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|What was a boomtown? |A town that sprung up around the mining site; had saloons, funeral parlors, and|

| |casinos |

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|What effect did women | |

|have on boomtowns? | |

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|Who were the vigilantes? |People who took the law into their own hands in a boomtown |

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|What was a ghost town? |A boomtown after everyone left |

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|What were the challenges on the trail for the cowboys? |Wind |

| |Rain |

| |Hot sun |

| |Violent storms |

| |Crossing fast rivers |

| |15 hours on a saddle |

| |stampeded |

| |rustlers |

| |discrimination |

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|What was the purpose of branding? |Ranchers were able to know who each cow belonged to |

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|What was the Homestead Act? |Gave 160 acres land for free to anyone who would farm it and live on it for 5 |

| |years |

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|What was an exoduster? |an African-American who traveled west to get land or adventure |

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|What was a sodbuster? |Name for a farmer who broke up the sod to build their homes and farm |

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|What were the challenges the farmers faced? |No rain |

| |Too much rain |

| |Grasshoppers |

| |Children missed school |

| |Deep snow |

| |Dry soil |

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|What were the inventions/adaptations the farmers create to make life easier? | |

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| |Steel plow |

| |Mechanical reaper |

| |Barbed wire |

| |Dry farming |

| |Wind mill |

| |Irrigation (getting water to the crops) |

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|Why was the creation of the transcontinental (TCR) railroad so important? |Made travel and shipping goods easier, quicker and cheaper |

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|Who worked for the Central Pacific Railroad and where did it begin? | |

| |Chinese |

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| |California |

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|Who worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and where did it begin? |Irish, African-Americans, Germans |

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| |Nebraska |

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|Where did the two tracks of the TCR meet? |Promontory Point, Utah |

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|Who drove in the final golden spike of the TCR? | |

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| |Leland Stanford |

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|How did the Native Americans use the buffalo? |jerky |

| |teepees (shelter) |

| |clothes |

| |blankets |

| |shoes |

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|Why did the railroad companies hire William Cody? |William Cody was also known as |

| |Buffalo Bill. |

| |The buffalo got in the way of the trains and ruined the tracks. |

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|What is a treaty? |A treaty is |

| |an agreement between the people on the two sides of an argument |

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|Who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn? |Battle of Little Bighorn |

| |Who: |

|What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn? |General George Custer (U.S. Army) |

| |Sioux Leader-Crazy horse |

| |What happened? |

| |The U.S. was overly confident and was defeated by the Native Americans lead by |

| |Crazy Horse— |

| |General Custer was killed |

| |“Custer’s last stand” |

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|Who fought at the battle of Wounded Knee? |Battle of Wounded Knee |

| |Who: |

|What happened at the battle of Wounded Knee? |U.S. Army |

| |Sioux Leader-Crazy Horse |

| |What happened? |

| |U.S. army thought the Ghost Dance performed by the Native Americans meant they |

| |wanted to go to war-the U.S. Army killed over 300 Native Americans including |

| |women and children-Crazy Horse is killed |

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|What is a reservation? |A reservation is |

| |land set aside for Native Americans |

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|What is the significance of Chief Joseph’s quote, “I will fight no more |Chief Joseph lead the Nez Perce and said, “I will fight no more forever, “ |

|forever”? |after he tried to lead his tribe to Canada and escape being placed on a |

| |reservation |

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|What was the Dawes Act? |The Dawes Act tried to |

| |Americanize the Native Americans-took away their religion, language, living |

| |style and customs |

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|What lead to the destruction of Native American culture? |Lead to the end of Native American culture… |

| |1.Dawes Act |

| |2.reservations |

| |3.buffalo killed |

| |4.transcontinental railroad |

| |5.white settlers moving west |

| |6.boomtowns |

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