Westward Expansion and Native Americans

Started building the Transcontinental railroad in CA

• Union Pacific

• Central Pacific

• Ocean Pacific

• Sodor Island railway

Started building the Transcontinental railroad in NE

• Union Pacific

• Central Pacific

• Ocean Pacific

• Sodor Island railway

Place where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed

• Sacramento, CA

• Omaha, NE

• Promontory Point, UT

• Scranton, PA

The people who had already claimed land in the OK Indian territory before they were supposed to

• Firsters

• Early Birds

• Sooners

• Na-Na-Na-Boo-Boo I got here before you-sters

What was the frontier?

• An 80's hair metal band

• An urban cityscape

• A large farm

• The edge of the settled area

New political party that was concerned with the average person; especially in the west

• Populist

• Republican

• Farmers

• National Grange

An organization of farmers that provided social services and set up cooperatives

• Populist

• Republican

• Farmers

• National Grange

What are shared in a cooperative?

• Costs and profits

• Risks and rewards

• Corn and Beans

• Peanut Butter and Jelly

A government payment to help farmers

• Subsidy

• Profit

• Budget

• Stimulus

What did vigilantes do?

• Handed out frontier justice

• Started soup kitchens and fed the poor

• Civilized Native Americans

• Led cattle to the railroads