Post-Civil War Westward Movement

The Great Plains rise gradually from ----

Who led the United States 7th cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Because of new technologies, people no longer viewed the Great Plains as a ---

Who would have been least likely to move west after the Civil War?

American Indians lost their homelands because of _______ that were broken.

Workers from this country built the Transcontinental Railroad across the United States.

What was happening to Native American land at the same time as this graph?

This was the worst defeat the U.S. army had suffered up to that point.

Which is a physical feature of the Great Plains?

He avoided capture from the United States Army multiple times.

This law encouraged settlement in the West by giving government-owned land to small farmers.

This is the state where the Battle of Little Bighorn occurred in 1876.

"From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever"

Completed in 1869, this railroad was a major reason for westward movement after the Civil War.

Who led the Sioux Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

This is the state where the Massacre at Wounded Knee occurred in 1890.

The result of this picture was ------

The shaded area on the map is known as the ___________ ___________.

This invention of the Great Plains was used to _______________.

This was the last battle with Indians on the Great Plains.

Indian children were sent to _______ _______ to learn how to assimilate into American culture.

This group moved west hoping for a new beginning after the Civil War.

What happened to the buffalo population as a result of American westward expansion?

Early settlers in the West lived in sod houses because of a lack of -----

Which tribe of American Indians was led by Chief Joseph?

Invented by John Deere, this invention busted the hard sod of the Great Plains.

The purpose of the Dawes Act was to force American Indians to __________ into American culture.

Which are reasons for post-Civil War westward movement?

Which of these are inventions/adaptations of the Great Plains?

Which law broke up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots?