ch. 12 ss 3

To run wild suddenly

• Cattle drive

• stampede

• cavalry

• cowboy

to move herds of cattle from one place to another

• stampede

• cattle drive

• calvary

• brand

part of the US army that road horses

• cowboy

• brand

• cavalry

• cattle drive

to mark with a hot iron

• cowboy

• cattle drive

• stampede

• brand

a person who works with cattle

• stampede

• cattle drive

• cavalry

• cowboy

What did the Homestead Act promise?

• protection against rustlers

• settlers who live on land for 5 years could own that land

• settlers who live on land for 5 years could buy that land

Why did ranchers brand their cattle?

• So rustlers could not take them

• so that rustlers could not find them

• so that ranchers could sell them easily

Who were Frank and Jesse James?

• famous members of the cavalry

• well known rustlers

• brothers who robbed trains and banks

Why did some of the Sioux want to fight the cavalry?

• The Sioux wanted to break the treaty that Spotted Trail made

• The Sioux did not want the settlers to take their gold

• Settlers broke treaties by running the Sioux off their land

Where did Custer's Last Stand take place?

• South Dakota

• Canada

• Montana