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| Source of gold and silver in Nevada |
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| reformer who wrote A Century of Dishonor |
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| land set asidefor Native Americans to live on |
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| high prices, hostile Native Americans, discrimination, violence |
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| town in Utah where the two parts of the transcontinental railroad were joined |
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| conflict with Native Americans |
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| Broken treaties and promises, like the fort larime treaty, forced move to very poor land reservations,battles with US army |
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| What is significant about the points where the Goodnight-Loving trail and the chisholm Trail ended? |
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| They both ended in Oklahoma, where cattle herds were processed for western market |
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| The battle of wounded knee signaled the |
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| correct order of events that took place in some mining boomtowns |
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| merchants arrived, government officials replaced vigilantes, all of the ore was extracted from the mines |
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| the term wild west describes the idea that the west was a place with |
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| gun slinging cowboys, exciting adventures, and big opportunities |
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| Foreign immigrants to the west worked as all of the following |
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| cowhands, railroad workers, miners |
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| the cattle business in the west began when |
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| new railroads made it possible for rachers to ship beef to both eastern snd western markets |
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| what did native americans hope to gain in return for agreeing to stay in one place |
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| the right to be undisturbed on their land |
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| What made Native Americans feel restricted and unhappy |
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| assignment to a reservation |
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| what helped farmers push for higher prices and other economic reforms |
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| Farmer's alliance. National Grange, Populist Party |
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| the transcontinetal railroad |
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| connected the east with the west |
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| the homestead act encouraged people to move west becausse it |
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| offered free land to those willing to farm it |
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| A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to |
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