Settling the West

1. In 1862, to encourage westward settlement, Congress passed the

_________________ Act, which offered settlers _______ acres of land on the
________________ ________________.
2. Many settlers had bypassed the plains on their way to California and Oregon,
calling it the ___________ ____________ _____________.
3. Other settlers rushed west to strike it rich in _________ and _________ mines,
such as the ___________ ___________ in Virginia City, Nevada.
4. On May 10th, ________, the _________________ __________________ was
completed. The ______________ Pacific and the ________________ Pacific
joined the country together at ________________ ______________, Utah.
5. ________________ immigrants from the west and _____________ from the
east did most of the work on the railroad.
6. The transcontinental railroad created a _______________ market for products,
including western beef, and thus the _______________ ________________ was
born.
7. Texas _______________ cattle were driven to rail heads and shipped east in
what were known as the _______________ _______________.
8. The completion of the transcontinental railroad would result in the
_______________ of the _________________ Indians.
9. The ________________ was the basic staple of life for the Plains Indians.
Immense buffalo herds and a railroad were incompatible, so the U.S. government
went about _______________ the buffalo.
10. The _______________ of __________________ Affairs was created to deal
with the various Native American Tribes.
11. In 1868, the U.S. government ordered all Plains Indians on to
__________________.

12. In 1874, gold was discovered in the _______________ ________________ of

South Dakota.
13. The U.S. Army sent Col. ______________ ______________ _____________ to
protect settlers there.
14. Custer and his men came across a Sioux tribe led by Chief ________________
________________.
15. Violating orders, Custer had his men attack the Sioux tribe at ___________
____________ __________, Montana.
16. On June 25th, 1876, the ____________ of ____________ ____________
____________, or Custers ___________ ___________ occurred. Custer and all
256 of his men were killed.
17. Following Custers last stand, the U.S. Army tracked down the remaining
Plains Indians and forced them onto __________________.
18. In 1887, the U.S. Congress passed the _____________ _____________, an
attempt to turn Native Americans into ______________ _______________.
19. The last major Indian massacre occurred in _____________ at
_____________ ____________, South Dakota. Over ________________ men,
women and children were killed.
20. To Native Americans, ______________ ______________ is the symbol of
their final defeat at the hands of the white man.
21. 1890 Due to continuous settlement as a result of ___________ expansion,
the western frontier is declared __________.