Key Individuals

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson – 1st American President

Question 2

Lewis and Clarke

Answer 2

Lewis and Clarke – Expedition to chart/survey America

Question 3

Sacajawea

Answer 3

Sacajawea – Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clarke

Question 4

James Reed

Answer 4

James Reed – part of the Donner Party who is banished but survives

Question 5

Lansford Hastings

Answer 5

Lansford Hastings – convinced Donner Party to take short cut

Question 6

James Marshall

Answer 6

James Marshall – found gold at Sutter’s Mill 1848

Question 7

Joseph Smith

Answer 7

Joseph Smith – established and developed Mormon Church

Question 8

Angel Moroni

Answer 8

Angel Moroni – inspired Joseph Smith to set up Mormon Church

Question 9

Brigham Young

Answer 9

Brigham Young – took Mormons West

Question 10

Colonel Dodge

Answer 10

Colonel Dodge – Army and then controlled eastern side of railway (Union Pacific)

Question 11

John Deere

Answer 11

John Deere – sod buster

Question 12

Oliver Loving

Answer 12

Oliver Loving - drove first herd from Teas, north to Colorado in 1860

Question 13

Charles Goodnight

Answer 13

Charles Goodnight – developed Goodnight-Loving trail from Mexico north

Question 14

John Iliff

Answer 14

John Iliff – supplied Union Pacific construction gangs with cattle/beef. Cross bred different types of cattle to produce a hardier strain and started ranching on the plains.

Question 15

Joseph McCoy

Answer 15

Joseph McCoy – Began moving cattle by rail from Abilene to the east

Question 16

Wyatt Earp

Answer 16

Wyatt Earp – famous lawmen who had a record for being a cattle rustler

Question 17

Billy the Kid

Answer 17

Billy the Kid – Famous gunfighter, killed at the age of 21 wanted for the death of 21 men.

Question 18

Joseph Glidden

Answer 18

Joseph Glidden – invented barbed wire

Question 19

Jesse James

Answer 19

Jesse James - outlaw, stage coach robber etc

Question 20

Ella Watson

Answer 20

Ella Watson – prostitute with some rebranded cows – accused of rustling and lynched with her partner James Averill (started Johnson County War 1892)

Question 21

Nate Champion

Answer 21

Nate Champion – another alleged rustler killed by Wyoming Stock Growers Association in 1892 Johnson County War.

Question 22

George Custer

Answer 22

George Custer – 7th Cavalry, killed at Little Big Horn 1876.

Question 23

General Sheridan

Answer 23

General Sheridan – Organised Winter Campaign of 1876 to tackle Sioux off reservations.

Question 24

Colonel John Chivington

Answer 24

Colonel John Chivington – Sandcreek Massacre

Question 25

Red Cloud

Answer 25

Red Cloud – Sioux Chief who declared war on the white Americans in response to their invasion of Indian land in 1866 (gold) and breaking of the first Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851.

Question 26

Sitting Bull

Answer 26

Sitting Bull – at Battle of Little Big Horn and finally shot at Wounded Knee

Question 27

Crazy Horse

Answer 27

Crazy Horse – led warriors at of Battle of Little Big Horn, later killed

Question 28

Buffalo Bill

Answer 28

Buffalo Bill – hired by railway to clear buffalo. Provided railway workers with meat. Went on to make Wild West Show that toured eastern states and Europe.