Ch 13 The West Transformed

The Battle of Wounded Knee signaled the 

• beginning of many Sioux victories
• end of Indian Wars
• change in government's Indian policy

The term "Wild West" describes the idea that the West was a place with

• gun slinging cowboys, exciting adventures, and big opportunities
• big business such as mining and ranching
• dangerous wild animals and peaceful Native Americans

The cattle business in the West began when

• cowhands began to heard cattle on the Chisholm Trail and the Goodnight-Loving Trail
• Longhorns escaped from Spanish ranches formed stray herds
• New railroads made it possible to ranchers to ship beef to both eastern and western markets.

What did Native Americans hope to gain in return for agreeing to stay in one place?

• The right to be undisturbed on their land
• The return of the buffalo herds
• Rights to mine gold and silver

The transcontinental railroad

• led to the North and South
• Connected the East with the West
• Was completed in the 1500's

A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to

• South Dakota
• Nevada
• Oklahoma

The Homestead Act excited people about moving West because it

• created ranching towns for cattle drivers
• offered free land to those willing to farm it
• offered gold to gold prospectors

The Dawes Act wanted to turn Native Americans into

• Settlers
• Farmers
• Republicans

Why did the buffalo begin to disappear?

• Settlers were hunting them for food, sport, and profit.
• Diseases
• They were being shipped to Europe

Once all of the gold or silver was extracted from boomtowns many became 

• Rich
• Ghost Towns
• Very populated