Americans Move West

an area of land that is undeveloped

• boomtowns

• open range

• frontier

communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened.

• boomtowns

• open range

• frontier

public land on which ranchers kept huge herds in the Cattle Kingdom

• boomtowns

• open range

• frontier

At Comstock Lode, a large deposit of gold and silver was found in western____________________.

• California

• Alabama

• Texas

• Nevada

popular route for cattle drives ran from San Antonio, Texas, to the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas.

• Pony Express

• Little Bighorn

• Chisholm Trail

the system of messengers on horseback that carried mail.

• Pony Express

• Little Bighorn

• Chisholm Trail

• Transcontinental Railroad

connected the East to the West and was completed on May 10, 1869.

• Pony Express

• Little Bighorn

• Chisholm Trail

• Transcontinental Railroad

For survival, Plains Indians depended on what animals

• Cattle and Horses

• Horses and Buffalo

• Hogs and Cattle

• Cattle and Buffalo

The United States government tried to avoid disputes by negotiating the Treaty of _________________, signed with northern Plains nations in 1851.

• Little Bighorn

• Ft Laramie

• Mananas Junction

• Paris

In late 1866, _________________and a group of Sioux ambushed and killed 81 cavalry troops.

• Crazy Horse

• George Custer

• Big Bird

• Coach Wambles