chapter 2: sections 1 and two vocabulary

Question 1

comstock lode

Answer 1

in 1859, miner henry comstock discovered a deposit of gold and silver in nevada that became known as this.

Question 2

boomtowns

Answer 2

communities that suddenly grew when a mine opened

Question 3

cattle kingdom

Answer 3

the great plains from texas to canada, where many ranchers raised their cattle in the late 1800s, became known as this.

Question 4

cattle drive

Answer 4

one of the cowboy’s most important duties; these long journeys involved herding cattle to the market or to the northern plains for grazing.

Question 5

chisolm trail

Answer 5

ran from san antonio, texas, to the cattle town of abilene, kansas. was one of the earliest and most popular routes for cattle drives.

Question 6

pony express

Answer 6

a system of messengers on horseback formed in 1860 to carry messages west.

Question 7

transcontinental railroad

Answer 7

a railroad that would cross the continent and connect the east to west.

Question 8

treaty of fort laramie

Answer 8

the first major treaty between the U.S. government and plains indians.

Question 9

reservations

Answer 9

areas of federal land set aside for native americans.

Question 10

treaty of medicine lodge

Answer 10

in this treaty created in, signed in 1867, most southern plains indians agreed to live on reservations.

Question 11

buffalo soldiers

Answer 11

troops, including african american calvary, were called this by native americans.

Question 12

george armstrong custer

Answer 12

american army officer in the civil war, became a native american fighter in the west and was killed with his troops in the battle of little big horn.

Question 13

crazy horse

Answer 13

native american chief of the ogalala sioux, he took part in the battle of Little Bighorn. he was killed after surrendering and resisting imprisonment.

Question 14

sitting bull

Answer 14

a leader of the lokota sioux, protested U.S. demands for the land.

Question 15

battle of the Little Bighorn

Answer 15

Sioux forces led by crazy horse and sitting bull surrounded and killed custer and his troops.

Question 16

massacre at wounded knee

Answer 16

the last major incident on the Great Plains; U.S Mary shot and killed about 150 sioux near wounded knee creek in South Dakota.

Question 17

long walk

Answer 17

on this 300-mile march the navajo were forced to walk across the desert to a reservation in bosque redondo, New Mexico.

Question 18

ghost dance

Answer 18

a palute indian named wovoka began a religious movement that predicted the arrival of of paradise for native americans.

Question 19

sarah winnemucca

Answer 19

palute indian; called for reform. she gave lectures on problems of the reservation systems.

Question 20

dawes general allotment act

Answer 20

tried to lessen traditional influences on indian society by making ownership private rather than shared.

Question 21

frontier

Answer 21

an underdeveloped area