| A | B |
| Land set aside for Indian use | Reservation |
| People who moved W. after Homestead Act | Homesteaders |
| before the phone messages were sent by wire | Telegraph |
| Houses built of dirt and grass | Soddies |
| Center for cattle ranching | Texas |
| " I will fight no more forever" | Nez Perce Leader, Chief Joseph |
| Central Pacific R.R. workers | Chinese immigrants |
| Native American reason for war | Defend a way of life |
| U.S. helps railroads | Land and $ to R.R. companies |
| Plains tribes depend on | buffalo |
| U.S. Army ambushed and defeated | Battle of Little Big Horn (Custer's last stand) |
| Union Pacific and Central Pacific join up | Promontory Point, Utah |
| Travel coast to coast | 1 week |
| early white settlers of Rockeys and CA | miners of gold, silver, and other metals |
| Tribes forced to go to reservations | U.S. Government |
| Free land to non indians just for working it for 5 years | Homestead Act |
| U.S. Govt. says get rid of the buffalo! | Impossible for Indians to live on the plains. |
| plain source of fire fuel | buffalo chips |
| Increase in cattle ranching | Farmers fence land (barbed wire) |