Ch.8

Question 1

frontiersman who led the settlement of Kentucky

Answer 1

Daniel Boone

Question 2

Created the American Fur Company and the trade post

Answer 2

John Jacbon Astor

Question 3

A Mormon leader, led his people to Utah

Answer 3

Brigham Young

Question 4

Led on attack on Cuter in the Battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 4

Crazy Horse

Question 5

Leader of the Lakota Sioux

Answer 5

Sitting Vukk

Question 6

Leader of the 7th Calvalry

Answer 6

George Cutser

Question 7

tried to lead the Nez Pierce to Canada

Answer 7

Chief Joseph

Question 8

Apache leader who raided Arizona - Mexico Border

Answer 8

Geronimo

Question 9

a mountain man who was the first to cross the Sierra Nevada

Answer 9

Jedidiah Smith

Question 10

founder of the Mormon Church

Answer 10

Joseph SMith

Question 11

western fur traders and travelers

Answer 11

Mountain Men

Question 12

Gave 160 acres of land to US citizens

Answer 12

Homestead Act

Question 13

federal land set aside for the native americans

Answer 13

Reservations

Question 14

transportation that connected the East to the West

Answer 14

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 15

a system in 1860 to carry mail west

Answer 15

Pony Express

Question 16

the path from San Antonio, Texas to Albanym Kansas

Answer 16

Chisolm Trail

Question 17

Journey of herding cattle to the market

Answer 17

Cattle Drive

Question 18

open range of the great plains from Texas to Canada

Answer 18

Cattle Kingdom

Question 19

communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened

Answer 19

boomtowns

Question 20

an undeveloped area

Answer 20

Frontier

Question 21

followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Answer 21

Mormons

Question 22

Santa Fe Trail

Answer 22

from independence Missouris to New Mexico

Question 23

2000-mile trail to the Pacific NW

Answer 23

Oregon Trail

Question 24

What was another name for the Battle of little big horn?

Answer 24

Custers Last Stand

Question 25

How many acres of land did a person get with the homestead act and how long on the land

Answer 25

160 acres 5 years

Question 26

What is Manifest Destiny

Answer 26

Belief the US should spread from coast to coast

Question 27

What 4 countries once claimed Oregon

Answer 27

Spain, US, Britian, Russia

Question 28

Where did the transcontinental start and where was it completed

Answer 28

started in Omaham, Nebraska and sacramento Calfronia, ended in Promontory Utah

Question 29

What incident took place in SD with the Native Americans handing over their weapons

Answer 29

Wounded Knee Massacre

Question 30

Who were the Sooners

Answer 30

People went to Oklahoma early to claim land

Question 31

What are dime novels

Answer 31

Fictional books about the Old West

Question 32

What were some factors of Western Expansion

Answer 32

railroads, mining, land grants

Question 33

WHat were some effects of Western Expansion

Answer 33

immigration, conflict with natives, new states being formed