Use these flashcards to help review for your Westward Expansion test.
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| 464032709 | Promontory Point | Point in Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed | |
| 464032710 | Black Hills | the area promised to the Sioux in the Dakota territory but this promise was broken when gold was discovered | |
| 464032711 | Chicago | City in Illinois; got its start with the meat packing industry. | |
| 464032712 | Sacramento California | Starting point for the Central Pacific Railroad | |
| 464032713 | Omaha, Nebraska | Starting point for the Union Pacific Railroad | |
| 464032714 | Boom Town | fast-growing town, usually located near where gold or silver has been discovered | |
| 464032715 | Ghost Town | deserted boom town; after prospector's had given up hope of finding gold and moved to a new site | |
| 464032716 | Open Range | A vast area of grassland owned by the government where ranchers could graze their herds for free | |
| 464032717 | long horn | new breed of cattle developed in the west, from mexican cattle, long horns, This type of Texas cow was found to be able to tolerate the tough grass of the Great Plains | |
| 464032718 | stampede | a wild rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) | |
| 464032719 | long drive | name for the moving of cattle across the plains to the railroad stations | |
| 464032720 | Treaty of Ft. Laramie | In 1866 the U.S. Government drafted a treaty that granted the Black Hills (near present-day Mt. Rushmore) to the Sioux Native Americans. | |
| 464032721 | Oklahoma Land Rush | 1889; former Indian lands opened up for settlement, resulting in a race to lay claim for a homestead (Boomers and Sooners) | |
| 464032722 | Battle of Little Big Horn | battle over the Black Hills in which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated the U.S. Army led by General Custer | |
| 464032723 | Massacre at Wounded Knee | the U.S. army shot and killed 150 Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. It was the last major incident on the Great Plains. | |
| 464032724 | reservation | land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans | |
| 464032725 | Ghost Dance | Spiritual revival in 1890 by Indians that would lead to the massacre at Wounded Knee | |
| 464032726 | Dawes Act | An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism. | |
| 464032727 | Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US | |
| 464032728 | Union Pacific Railroad | A railroad that started in Omaha, and it connected with the Central Pacific Railroad in Promentary Point, Utah | |
| 464032729 | Central Pacific Railroad | A railroad that started in Sacramento , and connected with the Union Pacific Railroad in Promentary Point, Utah | |
| 464032730 | Homestead Act | Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $10. | |
| 464032731 | sod house | house built of soil held together by grass roots | |
| 464032732 | Manifest Destiny | Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory. | |
| 464032733 | cow town | towns where cattle were held in pens until they could be loaded into railroad cars and shipped into markets in the East |
