Bell Ringer April 18-22
Name:______________________________
Monday:
1. What is the name of the most commonly owned gun in the West? ___________________________
2. What invention led to the collapse of the long drive? ___________________________
3. What act made it easier to get land in the West? ______________________________
4. What were homesteaders often called because they lived in these? ______________________________
Review Questions
5. The Declaration of Independence states that all people have the right to ___________, ___________, and the pursuit of
_____________________.
6. After the Battle of Saratoga what country agreed to support the Continental army? _____________________
7. Where did George Washington and his troops endure great hardships and emerge as a more efficient army?
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Tuesday: 1. What region in the United States dominated the nation in manufacturing after 1860? ________________________ 2. What industry became to boom after the invention of the transportation system? (Used to make railroad tracks) _______________________________ 3. The Transcontinental Railroad let to the near extinction of what animal the Native American relied on? ______________________ 4. The Homestead Act was passed under what president’s administration? _______________________ 5. What did homesteaders built their homes out of? _____________________ 6. What battle did the Sioux and Cheyenne defeated a U.S. force led by George Custer? ____________________________________ 7. I was the medicine man and leader of the Sioux who planned the trap at Little Big Horn? __________________________ Wednesday: 1. Who said, “I shall fight no more forever,” upon the surrender of the Nez Perce to the army? ____________________________ 2. Who was the leader of the Apaches? ____________________________ 3. What invention ended the open range for the cattle industry? _____________________ 4. During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and sod houses were most likely found on the __________________________. 5. What invention did the cowboys most depend upon? ______________________ 6. Where did the two railroads join together with a golden spike nailed to complete the transcontinental railway? ____________________________________________ 7. The immigrant group that lost the most workers on the Central Pacific Railroad were the ______________________. Thursday: 1. Cowboys were chaps (covers over your jeans) in order to protect their ____________ from bristly brush and saddle sores. 2. One of the dangers of being a cowboy was injured or killed during a _____________________(caused when something scared the cattle). Review 3. All of the Texan forces were defeated at the Battle of the _____________________. 4. Who led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area? ____________________________ 5. The _________________ Proviso said that slavery was to be banned the territory acquired from Mexico. 6. Gold was discovered in 1848 at _________________ Mill in California. 7. We were reformers in the early 1800s who wanted to end slavery. Who are we? ________________________ Friday: 1. What led the buffalo to near extinction? ______________________ 2. “Very sincere individuals reasoned that if a person adopted white clothing and ways, and was responsible for his own farm, he would gradually drop is Indian-­‐ness.” What law was passed to accomplish this? ____________________ 3. I was the leader of the Nez Perce. Who am I? _____________________________ 4. The invention of windmills was important to homesteaders because they drew water from deep _____________________ wells. 5. After the Civil War the economy of the Northeast was to __________________ as the economy of the South was to _______________________. 6. What industry developed in response to railroads being built? ____________ 7. The _____________ Indians culture was severely damaged as a result of the buffalo being killed. **GRADING SCALE: -­‐5 if a day is incomplete upon teacher check in class -­‐20 per day that is left blank at the end of the week If you are absent, you are still responsible for completing the absent day’s bell ringer.