Unit two

Who wrote ‘The advance of the frontier has meant a steady movement away from the influence of Europe”

Fredrick Turner

Cheap plentiful books from popular fiction writers after the civil war (influenced opinion about the west.)

Dime novels

Author who started the “western” genre. wrote the Virginian.

Owen Wister

Took photos of over 1500 Native Americans

Edward S. Curtis

Painting by__ enhanced peoples understanding of the West

Thomas Moran

In 1872 congress made Yellowstone the worlds first __

National Park

Houses on the plains were built out of

sod

___ Allowed farmers access to desperately needed water

windmill

___ made plains farming more feasible. It could be stretched long distances between posts

barbed wire

The ___ was invented by John Deer. It allowed people to bust through the tough sand

Steel plow

__ ___ are large farms financed by outside capital

Bonanza farms

Mining the deposits of a stream bed with a shovel and pan =__

Placer mining

Towns that sprang up quickly due to lumbering and mining=

Boom towns

A __ was the method of floating timber/logs downstream to a sawmill

Log drive

The U.S purchased the current state of __ for two cents an acre

Alaska

A former slave named __ __ led a migration of poor southern blacks to Kansas.

Benjamin Singleton

Some 15,000 __ reached Kansas, claimed land, and built shelters.

Exodusters

In 182, congress passed the __ act which offered 160 acres of land in western plains.

Homestead

The __ __ Act of 1873 offered 160 acres for free as long as the farmer planted trees on 40 acres.

Timber culture

The __ __ act of 1877 gave land away for $1.25 per acre as long as the farmer irrigated the land.

Desert land

The ___&___act offered cheap land for settlers interested in lumber and mining

Timber and stone

__ is the practice designated to gain the most value from every rainfall.

Dry farming.

At first most Americans were content to let the Native Americans remain on the __ __ forever.

Great Plains

Maps of the early 1800s called the plains the ___

“Great American Desert”

In the early 1800s the federal government had designated the plains as-

“One big reservation” for Native people

__ was a policy that would allow settlers free passage through territories, and Native Americans would confine their hunting areas.

Policy of concentration

__ __ Cheyenne men, women and children were slaughtered.

Sand Creek

__ are small, sharply defined areas of land designated for Native Americans.

Reservations

The __ __ replaced the policy of concentration.

Reservation Policy

__ __ was the most famous battle of the second Sioux War took place on June 25th, 1876. The Sioux were victorious.

Little Bighorn

At the battle of the Little Bighorn Chief __ __, and his Sioux forces far outnumbered Custer’s men.

Sitting Bull

__ __ was perhaps the most famous warrior at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Crazy Horse

At first most Americans were content to let the Native Americans remain on the __ __ forever.

Great Plains

Maps of the early 1800s called the plains the ___

“Great American Desert”

In the early 1800s the federal government had designated the plains as-

“One big reservation” for Native people

__ was a policy that would allow settlers free passage through territories, and Native Americans would confine their hunting areas.

Policy of concentration

__ __ Cheyenne men, women and children were slaughtered.

Sand Creek

__ are small, sharply defined areas of land designated for Native Americans.

Reservations

The __ __ replaced the policy of concentration.

Reservation Policy

__ __ was the most famous battle of the second Sioux War took place on June 25th, 1876. The Sioux were victorious.

Little Bighorn

At the battle of the Little Bighorn Chief __ __, and his Sioux forces far outnumbered Custer’s men.

Sitting Bull

__ __ was perhaps the most famous warrior at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Crazy Horse