Westward Expansion after the Civil War

Define Vigilante

• a group of farmers who pooled their money to make large purchases of large purchases of tools, seeds, etc.

• a person who takes the law into their own hands

• the herding or moving of cattle over long distances

• grants of land or money

The most important animal to the Plains Indians was

• the sheep

• the longhorn

• the buffalo

• the cow

The rise of new towns, new states, and influx of immigration to the United States, was a direct result of the

• construction of the transcontinental railroad

• reservation system

• construction of the Aswan Dam

• need for vigilantes to maintain order in towns

Define cattle drive

• groups of farmers who pooled their money to purchase tools, seeds, etc.

• lands set aside for Native Americans to live on

• settlement at the end of the cattle drive that had saloons, dance hall, etc.

• the herding and moving of cattle over long distances

How did mining and railroads attract people to the west?

• offered jobs and a chance to get rich

• affordable housing in the west

• tropical climates

• a chance for religious freedom

Define reservation

• the herding and moving of cattle over long distances

• settlement at the end of the cattle drive that has saloons, dance hall, etc.

• a person that the law into their own hands

• land set aside for Native Americans to live on

Which of the following played the greatest role

in helping to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Mexicans

• Native Americans

• Chinese and Irish immigration

• Women

All of these groups moved west EXCEPT

• Miners

• Native Americans

• Ranchers

• Homesteaders

Define transcontinental

• spanning the continent

• the herding and moving of cows over long distances

• a person who takes the law into their own hands

• settlers who acquired free land from the government

What did the Populists want?

• less government restrictions on the economy

• lower prices on crops and raw materials

• silver to be used to back U.S. currency so inflation would occur

• William McKinley to win the election of 1896