Moving West
After The Civil War
Review Questions
What minerals were found in the
West that attracted settlers?
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Gold and silver
Copper
Iron
Zinc
Coal
What are the Rocky Mountain
states?
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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
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Flatlands rising east to west
Grassland (prairie)
Low rainfall (dry)
Wind/water erosion
Dust storms
What are the Great Plains states?
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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
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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?
Rancher
Soldier
Cowboy
Indian
Sodbuster
Miner