Name ___________________________
Mrs. Brannen
US History
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America: The Story of US: Heartland
1. In 1865 after the American Civil War, _________ million buffalo roamed the great plains of the
west.
2. It took _____ months by wagon to cross American continent or ________ miles around South
America by ship.
3. Building of the transcontinental ___________________ will transform American.
4. The ___________
_____________ Mountains stood in the way of this dream.
5. The Union Pacific and Central Pacific will build this railroad and meet in _____________.
6. The railroad companies will be paid in federal _________ for building this railroad.
7. Much of the work on the western portion of the railroad was done by _____________workers.
8. After the completion on the transcontinental railroad in 1869, it only took ___________ to
cross the American continent.
9. This triggers a mass migration to the Great Plains. T/F
10. The US government was giving way FREE western land under the ________________ Act.
11. People forced to live in mud, sod huts because of lack of ___________.
12. ______________ and ______________were common problems for these pioneer settlers.
13. By 1892, ________ of these settlers go back east.
14. This region becomes known as ______________ _____________ of America.
15. The ________________ is the largest mammal in America which numbered into the millions and
traveled in herds over ________ miles long.
16. The buffalo were slaughtered for their hides to make __________________,
____________________ and _____________.
17. ______________ _____________depended on the buffalo for their tools and clothes.
18. The _______________ was brought by the Spanish to America and will transformed Native
Americans culture
19. With the buffalo gone, Native-Americans were forced onto _______________________.
20. In 1889, just ________ wild buffalo remain in the entire United States.
21. Out west, cattle worth 4.00 per head are worth __________ back east.
22. In Texas, railroad lines were over ____________ miles away.
23. 35, 000 ____________drive these cattle to the railroads in Kansas.
24. A new breed of cattle called Texas ___________________ is born.
25. 1/3 of cowboys are ________________ or _________________ -American.
26. The gun of choice of the cowboys is the _____________ 45.
27. Over _______ million cattle are driven from Texas to Kansas.
28. The invention of __________ wire threaten the cowboy way of life.
29. _________ is discovered in Black Hills of S. Dakota and 100,000 prospectors rush in.
30. Lt. Colonel George Custer with _________ solders at Little Big Horn will attach ___________
Native-Americans (Sioux).
31. Colonel Custer was victorious. T/F
32. On December 29, 1890 at the Battle of ________ __
___________ , the Sioux are final
defeated and __________ Sioux warriors, women and children are massacred.
33. November 18, 1883 because of the growth of railroads, the railroads establish ____________
time zones called standard time.
34. Richard Sears created Sears and Roebuck Company and created the mail order
___________________.
35. By the end of the 19th century (1800’s) the US has over ______________ miles of railroad tracks,
created a national economy and the United States over takes ____________ as the largest
manufacture on earth.
36. In 20 years, the US population will ________________ , number of cities ____________ and 7
million people will leave the country for booming _____________ centers.