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| 8798958337 | William Seward | Secretary of state from 1861 to 1869 under Lincoln and Johnson; believed that U.S. must increase its participation in world, including the Western Hemisphere, Hawaii, and the Philippines. |  | 0 |
| 8798958338 | Emmeline Wells | Women's right advocate. Served as president of Mormon church. | 1 | |
| 8798958339 | John Wesley Powell | Explorer and geologist who warned that traditional agriculture could not succeed in the West. | 2 | |
| 8798958340 | Chief Joseph | Leader of the Nez Perce nation who tried to help them escape their homeland in Oregon for Canada in 1877. | 3 | |
| 8798958341 | Sitting Bull | The leader of the Sioux, who, with Crazy Horse, killed General George A. Custer and his entire 250 man army. He was defending land in the Dakota Territory, which had been reserved for his people but was still being settled by whites. | 4 | |
| 8798958342 | George Armstrong Custer | Former General during the Civil War, he set out in 1874 with his Seventh Cavalry to return the Plains Indians to the Sioux reservation. Defeated by an army that outnumbered his men 10 to 1. | 5 | |
| 8798958343 | Geronimo | Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909). | 6 | |
| 8798958344 | Ohiyesa | An Indian student who grew up to be a doctor and advocate for his people. | 7 | |
| 8798958345 | Buffalo Bill Cody | Popular Wild West show traveling throughout US and Europe. Exploited fame and romanticized life of cowboy through reenactments of Indian battles and displays of horsemanship/riflery. Confirmed popular image of the west as romantic/glamourous (kept image alive) | 8 | |
| 8798958346 | Frederick Jackson Turner | American historian in the early 20th century best known for his essay *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History"* in which he argued that the spirit and success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion. | 9 |
