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Homesteaders
a) people who went west to get free land being given away in the homestead act.
b) People who liked to be home instead of going on vacation or going to work
c) People who build homes for others instead of themselves
d) 49ers went west to strike it rich on gold

the way people saw the Great Plains during westward expansion
a) Factory center for work
b) treeless wasteland
c) A beautiful beach resort
d) A great place to get a college education

What kind of farming was popular in the great plains
a) wind farming
b) tobacco farming
c) wheat farming
d) apple farming

Barbed wire
a) Invented by an American to help with cattle farming
b) Invented by a Chinese man to help with exploding mountains to build railroads
c) Invented by a tightrope walker to walk between the mountains
d) Invented by a student to help wire her books onto her bookbag

invented by John Deere, used to break the hard soil of the plains
a) a Gatlin gun
b) the colt 25
c) barbed wire
d) Steel plow

-because there were no trees, people used thick rectangles of soil with prairie grass to build homes. It was called
a) Sod
b) internet
c) steel plow
d) barbed wire

Transcontinental railroad connected :
a) The northern and southern factories
b) Texas and Mexico to Canada
c) The Atlantic and Pacific coasts
d) The freedmen and the former slave owners

1862 to help encourage more people to move west. Gave free land to people who moved west and improved it.
a) Homestead Act
b) The thirteenth amendment
c) the US Constitution
d) The 40 acres and a mule law

The process of absorbing one cultural group into another
a) Humiliation
b) Assimilation
c) Absorption
d) Hacking

A Lakota Warrior who led a huge victory over federal troops.
a) Sitting Bull
b) Chief Joseph
c) Lionel Messi
d) Kylian Mbappé

tried to lead his people to Canada to escape US troops- but after traveling far, was captured after a 5 day battle.
a) Kylian Mbappé
b) Lionel Messi
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

An Apache leader whose tribe revolted over the poor conditions on their reservation. He was captured several times and became a celebrity.
a) Kylian Mbappé
b) Sitting Bull
c) Chief Joseph
d) Geronimo

a Native American victory in a battle between the US Cavalry
a) The Battle of Little Big Horn
b) Battle of Wounded Knee
c) The Battle of Yorktown
d) The Day of the Dead

final battle of the Indian Wars- turned into a massacre of Native American people
a) Washington DC was planned
b) The Battle of Yorktown
c) Battle of Wounded Knee-
d) The Battle of Little Bighorn

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