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 ID: 393683
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Moving West After The Civil War
Review QuestionsSlide2
What minerals were found in the West that attracted settlers?
Gold
and silver
Copper
Iron
Zinc
C
oalSlide3
What are the Rocky Mountain states?
WY
CO
MT
ID
UT
NMSlide4
What were dangers on the cattle drives?
s
tampede
rustlers
no water
IndiansSlide5
How did cattle get from KS to Chicago, IL?
RailroadSlide6
In what battle did the Indians defeat the army in 1876?
Battle of Little Big HornSlide7
Who were the 2 leaders at Little Big Horn?
Sitting Bull-Sioux
George Custer-ArmySlide8
What were Indian reservations?
Land set aside for Indians
Ended their way of lifeSlide9
Who was Chief Joseph?
Leader of the Nez P
erce
Led long journey trying to escape the army
“I will fight no more forever!”Slide10
What happened at promontory Point, UT?
Joining of the first Transcontinental RR
UP and CP RR Cos.Slide11
What 2 ethnic groups helped build the RR?
Chinese
I
rishSlide12
Why was the Homestead Act so important?
Gave free land to settlers on the Great PlainsSlide13
Why did the newly freed slaves move to the Great Plains?
Homestead Act free land
Called ExodustersSlide14
Describe the Great Plains to each other
Flatlands rising east to west
Grassland (prairie)
Low rainfall (dry)
Wind/water erosion
Dust stormsSlide15
What are the Great Plains states?Slide16
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 farmingSlide17
Why did the Homesteaders build sod houses?
No trees available
Easiest natural resourceSlide18
How did barbed wire end the open range?
Cheap fencing that divided up the landSlide19
What crop worked well on the Great Plains?
wheatSlide20
Make up a quote
Indian
Cowboy
Sodbuster
Miner
RR Co owner
Soldier fighting the Indians
Chief Joseph
George Custer
Ranch ownerSlide21
Discussion
All the reasons people moved West
How the railroad changed life in the West
All the ways the Indians used the BisonSlide22
Which would you be? Why?
Rancher
Soldier
Cowboy
Indian
Sodbuster
Miner