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Plains

PlainsIndians Conflicts

The flat area of the US

A 100

The largest mountain range in the West

A 200

A 300

This substance was used to build homes on the Plains because of

its lack of timber

This feature was blasted out by Chinese immigrants to lay

railroad tracks

A 400

The nickname for the flattest landmass out West

A 500

B 100

This was the name for former slaves

B 200

The term used for granting automatic

citizenship for a person born in the US

The 15th Amendment grants this

B 300

This Supreme Court Case concluded a law requiring whites

and blacks to ride in separate railroad cars did not violate the

Equal Protection Clause

B 400

B 500

Name for plan that granted Amnesty to the Confederate

States entering into the Union

The name of the railroad that connected the East with the West

C 100

The name of the rail company that began building in Omaha

C 200

The rail workers most skilled in explosives.

C 300

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C 400

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C 400

The location of the golden spike

C 500

The primary source of food for the Plains Indians

D 100

This creature allowed natives to abandon farming in the 17th

century

D 200

D 300

This piece of legislation tried to get Indians to become like White

Americans

D 400

The festival where the Great Spirit is asked for a year of

good fortune

D 500

Reminiscing about the great past

E 100

Native troops were accidentally responsible for his death

People or persons that frequently moved from place to place

E 200

The first major victory by the Indians over the US army

E 300

The last flight from the reservation led by Bigfoot that ended in defeat for the

Lakotas

E 400

E 500

The agreement that granted settlers safe passage in return for

lands for the Natives

F 100

The African American group that moved to Kansas to escape the

south

This revolutionized soil tilling

F 200

F 300

This gave “Free land” to people

Farmer’s struggled to farm on their new land due to

F 400

F 500

This group wanted to “Free Silver”

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How did the US Government solve the “Indian Problem?”

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A 100

Great Plains

A 200

Rocky Mountains

A 300

Sod

A 400

Sierra Mountains

A 500

Great American Desert or Tornado Alley

B 100

Freedmen

B 200

Birth Right Citizenship

B 300

Rights of males in US to vote

B 400

Plessy vs. Ferguson

B 500

Lincoln’s 10% Plan

C 100

Transcontinental Railroad

C 200

Union Pacific

C 300

Chinese

C 400

Golden Spike Ceremony

C 500

Promontory Point, Utah

D 100

Bison

D 200

Horse

D 300

Dawe’s Act

D 400

Sundance

D 500

Ghostdance

E 100

Sitting Bull

E 200

Nomad

E 300

The Battle of Little Bighorn or Greasy Grass

E 400

The Battle of Wounded Knee

E 500

Fort Laramie Treaty

E 100

Exodusters

E 200

Steel Plow or Sod busting

E 300

Homestead Act

Harsh weather conditions/ land was challenging (ex/ crop failure,

grasshoppers)

E 400

E 500

The Populist Party

E 500

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C 400

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