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| What caused a change in the way Americans viewed the Great Plains after the Civil War? | New inventions and technology |
| Which crop grows best on the Great Plains? | Wheat |
| What law passed in 1862 offered free public land to new settlers? | Homestead Act |
| Which innovation allowed for faster transportation of goods and people during Westward settlement? | Railroads |
| Which invention helped farmers on the Great Plains keep free roaming cattle off their land? | Barbed Wire |
| The Great Plains | include flatlands that rise gradually from east to west |
| Invention that helped farmers on the Great Plains pump water from the ground? | Windmills |
| How did the railroads change life on the Great Plains? | They provided a way to ship crops and bring manufactured goods to the settlers. |
| What did homesteaders build to adapt to the lack of trees on the Great Plains? | Sod House |
| The Transcontinental Railroad was built too- | link the eastern and western states |
| Land opportunities, Transcontinental Railroad, Discovery of gold and silver, new beginnings for former slaves | Reasons for Westward Expansion |
| Why did the U.S. government move American Indians onto reservations? | To gain more land for American settlers in the West |
| What contributed to the destruction of the Plains Indians' way of life? | Reduction of buffalo herds |
| How did the Battle of Little Bighorn end? | Colonel Custer and his soldiers were all killed by Indians led by Sitting Bull |
| Which Native American leader's heart was "sick and sad"? | Chief Joseph |
| Geronimo is best known as- | An Apache who resisted Westward expansion by American settlers |
| What happened at the Battle of Wounded Knee? | Many Sioux Indians were killed by out of control American soldiers |
| Which group of people were not considered United States citizens until 1924? | Native Americans |
