Transcript Unit 7: The Frontier West

Unit 7: The Frontier West
Review
Plains Indian warriors engaged in
this ritual dance, believing that it
would call upon their ancestors to
give them powers to defeat the
Americans.
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The Ghost Dance
What was completed at
Promontory Point, Utah?
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The Transcontinental Railroad
What was the subject of Helen
Hunt Jackson’s book “A
Century of Dishonor”?
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The continued abuse of Native
Americans by the American
Government
This religious group established a
permanent colony in Utah.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
He led the Mormons to the Great
Salt Lake Basin.
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Brigham Young
What government agency
announced in 1890 that there was
no longer a frontier in America?
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The U.S. Census Bureau
This historian wrote a paper in
which he claimed that the
American character was a product
of the frontier.
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Fredrick Jackson Turner
He was the recognized leader of the
Lakota Sioux and a leading figure in
the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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Sitting Bull
This final battle with the Lakota,
Cheyenne and others came about
mainly because of American fears
stirred up by the Ghost Dance.
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Wounded Knee
This Nez Perce leader stated that
he wished to “fight no more
forever” when faced with
destruction by the U.S. army.
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Chief Joseph
This migratory mammal was key
to survival for many of the Plains
tribes.
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Buffalo (Bison)
For Native American children who
went to “Indian Schools” meant to
Americanize them, what was often
the unfortunate social result?
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Viewed as outcasts by both Indian
and White society
Known as “Yellow Hair” to the
Cheyenne, he and his men were
slaughtered at the Battle of Little
Big Horn.
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Gen. George Custer
What tribe is best known for losing
¼ of their people in what became
known as the “Trail of Tears?”
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The Cherokee
In what general location did
Custer’s men discover gold?
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The Black Hills of the Dakota
Territory
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AKA South Dakota
AKA Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne territory
This American government policy
granted land to Indians who agreed
to give up their tribal identity.
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The Dawes Severalty Act
In Oklahoma, what was the
opposite of a Boomer?
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A Sooner
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Someone who illegally staked an early
claim in the territory
This term referred to an out of
control herd of cattle.
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Stampede
Wagon trains heading west
generally left this “jumping off” city
by late spring to avoid winter
snows in the Rockies and beyond.
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Independence, Missouri
He was known as “The
Pathfinder.”
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John Fremont
This pioneer group’s biggest
mistake was purchasing and
following the map for Hasting’s
Cutoff.
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The Donner Party
This was the famous cattle trail
that ran from Texas to Abilene,
Kansas.
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The Chisholm Trail
Most of what we “know” about
this mountain man and partner of
John Fremont was printed in
fictitious dime novels.
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Kit Carson
This new invention used in the
West contributed to the decline in
the “long drive” of cattle because
it prevented their free movement
across the plains.
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Barbed Wire