American West

Question 1

Who was billy the kid

Answer 1

A boy who committed many crimes

Question 2

Why did the Indians move into the plains

Answer 2

The European settlers

Question 3

What was the disease the Texas longhorn cow gave out

Answer 3

The longhorn fever

Question 4

Who were the first white Americans to move west ?

Answer 4

Mountain men

Question 5

What was the main trail many settlers used to cross

Answer 5

The Oregon trail

Question 6

How many settlers made the journey across

Answer 6

1500

Question 7

What mountain range did the settlers have to cross to go west

Answer 7

The Rockies

Question 8

When did the gold rush start ?

Answer 8

1849

Question 9

We’re was the gold rush ?

Answer 9

California

Question 10

Who was the leader of the Donner party ?

Answer 10

George Donner

Question 11

How many ppl were in the Donner party

Answer 11

80

Question 12

When did the Donner party to travel

Answer 12

May 1846

Question 13

When was the homestead act?

Answer 13

1862

Question 14

What did the homestead act allow

Answer 14

People to buy a home and start a new life

Question 15

What were cowboys

Answer 15

They were ex balck slaves

Question 16

Who were the Mormons

Answer 16

A particular sect of the Christian church

Question 17

What was Abilene known for ?

Answer 17

It’s cow town

Question 18

When was the Abilene cow town made

Answer 18

1867

Question 19

What does nomadic mean

Answer 19

To move around places

Question 20

What did the Indians follow

Answer 20

The buffalo

Question 21

What is the plains war

Answer 21

Where the US soldiers tried to make the plains Indians give up their land , finally they were put on reservations

Question 22

When was sand creek massacre

Answer 22

1864

Question 23

When was the battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 23

1876

Question 24

When was the battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 24

1876

Question 25

How long did the battle of Little Bighorn last

Answer 25

1 day

Question 26

Who won the battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 26

Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho victory the US didn't succeed

Question 27

When was the railroad act

Answer 27

1862

Question 28

What was a benefit of the railroad act of 1862

Answer 28

It allowed people to travel west easier

Question 29

What were the pinkertons

Answer 29

A vigilante group that were hired to assassinate criminals

Question 30

Who did the pinkertons famously assassinate

Answer 30

Jesse James, the Reno Gang, and the Wild Bunch

Question 31

What were the Reno gang known to do

Answer 31

Seize trains and steal the money off the passengers

Question 32

What was a problem faced by farmers

Answer 32

Law and order

Question 33

What is meant by manifest destiny

Answer 33

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

Question 34

How much was a cow in the Texas cow town

Answer 34

80 dollars

Question 35

What is open range

Answer 35

unfenced land which was free for anyone to use

Question 36

How did the open range method end

Answer 36

Ranchers had over-grazed the plains. Overstocking had also led to a fall in prices

Question 37

What caused the herds of cows to increase rapidly

Answer 37

The civil war in 1861

Question 38

What was the long drive

Answer 38

Where the demand for beef was very high so the Texans drove their cattle north on a long drive to Sedalia in Missouri, where they were loaded onto trains for Chicago.

Question 39

What was the dance Indians performed which they believed would bring buffalo close to them

Answer 39

Mandan Buffalo Dance

Question 40

What was the sun dance

Answer 40

a structure with a central pole signifying the sun, from which the young men hung themselves by their nipples.

Question 41

What was the native Americans religion

Answer 41

Animistic- belief in stones nature and trees