great plains

Why did so many people move to the Great Plains in the

late 1800s?

• They wanted to create new cotton plantations using the land available on the frontier.

• They wanted to move away from the corrupt politicians and business owners who controlled the northern and southern cities.

• They heard the federal government was giving land in the Great Plains to people who would settle the region.

• They heard gold had been discovered out west and went to work in the gold mines along the Great Plains.

What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It was a railroad built during Reconstruction to connect the North to the South.

• It was a new road built to help black southerners migrate north.

• It was an underground railroad ran by Harriet Tubman.

• It was a railroad that stretched from east to west and connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

• Men who shot the buffalo for the railroad.

• Indian special forces

• Black soldiers that were sent by the government to fight the indians.

• A tribe of Indians that protected the buffalo.

Immigrates were very important in building the railroad. Which countries did most the railroad workers come from?

• New York and California

• China and Ireland

• Japan and Germany

• Italy and Russia

Why was the Plains so important to the Plains Indians?

• Because the grass or sod was important in building there houses.

• The Plains provided the Indians with animals and materials that they used for tools, medicine, food, and shelter.

• It was wide open flat land that made it easy for hunting.

• The grass was perfect for the Indians to raise cattle the chickens.

What one animal meant the most to the Plains Indian's survival?

• Cows

• Buffalo

• Wolves

• Wild dogs

What did the settlers use to build their houses out of?

• trees

• grass

• sod

• buffalo skins

What were the settlers required to do to get the land for free?

• Live there for 5 years and improve the land.

• live in a teepee and protect the land from Indians.

• Kill the buffalo so the train wouldn't hit them

• Grow crops and raise a family.

Who was Sitting Bull?

• An Indian scout for General Custer.

• Known for killing the most buffalo

• An Indian leader that wanted the united the tribes.

• Taught Indians how the grow crop on the reservation.

Why did the Indians not like the reservations?

• They couldn't live the nomadic life they were used to.

• They were not very good at farming.

• They couldn't follow the buffalo.

• All of the above.