APUSH 6.3

mining towns that grew quickly and were famous for being lawless

• boomtowns

• minetowns

• placertowns

• ghosttowns

A railway meant to connect the nation as one in hopes of expanding the economy and opportunities for citizens

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Across the Nation Railway

• Lincoln-North Railway

• Southern-Confederate Railway

U.S. Calvary had many encounters with Native tribes, one major event sparked the "Indian Wars" as soldiers killed unsuspecting Cheyenne and Arapaho citizens

• Little Bighorn

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Wounded Knee

• Red River

the American government in hopes of "Americanizing" natives created Carlisle Schools to teach the youth and ______________________________ them into American society

• assimilate

• convert

• erase

At the Battle of Little Bighorn this 7th U.S. Calvary leader was killed along with ALL of his men

• Ulysses S Grant

• Robert E Lee

• William Sherman

• George Custer

An Act in which many Native tribes were put onto allotments of land or reservations

• Assimilation Act

• Indian Wars

• Dawes Act

• Reservations Act

As many Americans moved into the west which of the follow ethic groups struggled the most to the new expansion

• African-Americans

• Native Americans

• White Americans

• Irish-Americans

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton

• Deer

• Buffalo

• Gold

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

• railroad workers.

• Great Plains farmers.

• Oklahomans.

• cowhands.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative

• sooner

• Chisholm Trail

• reservation