A town the has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.

• homestead

• frontier

• boomtown

• Great Plains

Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes

• boomtown

• reservation

• frontier

• Great Plains

Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands

• Vaquero

• Sitting Bull

• Buffalo Soldier

• Boomtown

1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne forces wipe out an entire force of U.S. troops

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Battle of Gettysburg

1890 - U.S. soldiers massacre over 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Shiloh

Land to settle on and farm

• frontier

• homestead

• Great Plains

• farmland

During Westward Expansion, many American Indians were forced from their homes onto reservations. What was this act called?

• Sugar Act
• Reservation Act
• Indian Removal Act
• Move Act

What was it called when the US Army forced Cherokee Indians from their homes west to Oklahoma?

• Indian Removal Act
• Manifest Destiny
• Trail of Tears
• nothing,  they wanted to move

Because so many people moved west during the gold rush, what happened?

• no one lived on the east coast anymore
• everyone got rich
• mining towns appeared where ever gold was found
• every Native American was killed

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• the Native Americans
• the white settlers