Slides Module 11 Lesson 3& 4 Flashcards
As settlers began crossing the ______ in the mid-1800s, they pressured the federal
government for more access to _______ lands.
Great Plains
western
Plains Indians, including the Sioux, Pawnee, and Cheyenne, lived by hunting ______.
buffalo
________ were used for food, shelter, clothing, and utensils.
Buffalo
Conflict grew with the _____ Indians as miners and settlers ______ in number.
Plains
increased
The U.S. government negotiated new treaties after ______ was discovered in ________, sending Native Americans to live on ______ , areas of federal land set aside for them.
gold
Colorado
reservations
The movement of _______ and _______ across the Great Plains and through Native American hunting grounds led to conflict with the _______ , led by _______.
pioneers
miners
Sioux
Crazy Horse
Most _________ Indians agreed to go to reservations under the 1867 __________, but the _____ tribe continued to fight until 1875.
southern Plains
Treaty of Medicine Lodge
Comanche
When Native Americans ______ confinement on reservations U.S. troops _____ them to
go. Included _________ called buffalo soldiers.
resisted
forced
African American cavalry
Most Native Americans had stopped fighting by the 1880s, except the ______, led by
_______, who fought until 1886.
Apache
Geronimo
In 1866 ________ and his ______ warriors killed 81 soldiers.
Crazy Horse
Sioux
In the ______ there were battles with the _____ throughout the 1800s.
Northern Plains
Sioux
____ troops killed about 150 Sioux in the _________ in 1890.
U.S.
Massacre at Wounded Knee
_____ refused to settle on reservations.
Navajo
U.S. troops raided Navajo _____, _____, and ____.
fields
homes
livestock
Out of _____ and _____, the Navajo ______.
food
shelter
surrendered
______ were forced on a 300-mile march, known as the ______, to a reservation and
_______.
Navajo
Long Walk
countless died
Initially, the ________ promised to let the ______ tribe keep their ______ land. Later, the government ______ land.
United States
Nez Percé
Oregon
demanded
A group of Nez Percé led by _______ ________.
Chief Joseph
resisted
_____ troops forced the Nez Percé to a
_________ in what is now _________.
U.S.
reservation
Oklahoma
In 1874 gold was discovered in the ______ of the _______.
Black Hills
Dakotas
In 1877 _____ and a group of _______ fled across the border to Canada but were captured by ___ troops and sent to a reservation.
Chief Joseph
Nez Perce
U.S.
______ movement predicted the arrival of paradise for _________.
Ghost Dance
Native Americans
_________, a _____, lectured on _____ of the reservation system and called for reform in the 1870s.
Sarah Winnemucca
Paiute
problems
Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 based on the belief that Native Americans should
________ into ________ society; made land ownership among Native Americans ______.
assimilate
American
private
By the 1870s many Native Americans lived on _________ where land was not useful for _____or _____ hunting .
reservations
farming
buffalo
Two important ______ acts helped open the ______ to ______ in 1862.
land-grant
West
settlers
Thousands of southern _______, known as _______, moved to _______ and other areas in the West.
African Americans
Exodusters
Kansas
Breaking up tough ____ on the Plains earned ______ the nickname ______.
turf
farmers
sodbusters
New ______ helped Plains farmers meet some of the challenges of ____ life.
inventions
frontier
Farmers began ______, growing hardy crops such as ________.
dry farming
red wheat
Crops were shipped ____ by ____ and then ____; the Great Plains became known as the breadbasket of the world.
east
train
overseas
_______ were an important force in settling the frontier.
Women
_________, a founder of ____, _______, supported many social causes.
Annie Bidwell
Chico
California
Harsh life on remote farms led farmers to form ______ , creating ______ and ______.
communities
churches
schools
________ helped with many chores on the
farm.
Children
The United States was ______ during the period 1860-1900.
growing
Farmers formed ________ to protect their ______.
associations
interests
The _______ of the ________ was a social and educational organization for farmers.
National Grange
Patrons of
husbandry
The National Grange called for ______ to regulate _______.
laws
railroad rates
______ passed the _______ in 1887 to provide national regulations for trade, but could not enforce them.
Congress
Interstate Commerce Act
The U.S. had been on the ___ standard
since 1873 as a result, the ____ supply
grew more slowly than the _____,
leading to ______.
gold
money
population
deflation
Many ______ supported the unlimited
coining of _____ and the backing of _____
currency with silver.
farmers
silver
paper
The Farmers’ Alliances formed the________ to have power and a candidate that would represent them.
Populist Party
It supported William Jennings Bryan in
the election of 1896, but his defeat marked the ___of the ______ and the ______.
end
Farmers’ Alliances
Populist Party
By the 1890s the _______ had come to an end.
western frontier
Only _____ portions of the ______ remained unsettled by 1870.
small
Great Plains
U.S. officials allowed ______ to settle the _______ in what is now ________
in 1889.
homesteaders
Indian territory
Oklahoma
_____ claimed more than 11 million acres of former ______in the _____ land rush.
Settlers
Indian land
Oklahoma
The _____ had ceased to exist in the ________ by the early 1890s.
frontier
United States
