Plain Indians

The cowboys rounded up the longhorn cattle to herd them north to a cow town. What was this trip called?

A cattle drive or "the long drive."

What is a travois?

A type of sled that was used by the Plains Indians to carry goods. The sled was pulled across the dirt by a dog.

What was the Chisholm Trail?

A well known cattle trail from Texas to Kansas.

What are treaties?

An agreement between groups of people or governments.

The invention that allowed farmers to fence their land was ?

Barbedwire

Hewas the leader of the Nez Perce Indian nation. When he and his people were defeated, he said "I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

The first type of home usually built by frontier settlers was a?

Dugout.

African American homesteaders that moved from the east were sometimes called?

Exodusters

General George Custer was?

He fought the great Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at the battle of Little Bighorn.

The 1862 law that allowed any citizen to own 160 acres of land if they farmed it for at least five years was the?

Homestead Act.

Why did the Plains Indians practice the Sun Dance custom?

It was a spiritual practice, and a way for the Plains Indians tribes to meet to discuss common problems and solutions.

The last major conflict between Native Americans and U.S. troops, fought near Wounded Knee, South Dakota?

Massacre of Wounded Knee.

Vaqueros?

Mexican word meaning cowboy.

What was the name of a famous cattle trail that led to cow towns in Kansas?

One famous cattle trail was the Chisholm Trail.

Two great Indian leaders who fought against General Custer's army at the battle of Little Bighorn?

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

Early settlers and farmers on the Great Plains were sometimes called?

Sodbusters.

A more permanent home by cutting out squares of dirt that were held together by thick roots of grass. These homes were called?

Sodies.

What type of cattle were herded, and where did they come from?

Spanish explorers and settlers had originally brought longhorn cattle to the American continent.

The plow could cut easily through tough sod because it was made of?

Steel

Each tribe of the Plains Indians had their own language. However, Indians from different tribes could still communicate. How?

The Plains Indians could communicate between tribes by using a common sign language

Name some specific Plains Indian tribes.

The Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Comanche were all Plains Indians tribes.

Most of the Plains Indians had originally been farmers, but later became buffalo hunters. What caused this change?

The Spanish brought horses to North America and left many behind.

Why did the days of the cattle kingdom come to an end?

The invention of barbed wire and years with bitter winters and dry summers.

The demand for beef was increasing in the late 1800s. Why?

The population of the cities on the East Coast of the United States was growing, and in the West buffalo had been nearly killed off.

Why was the tepee an ideal type of home for the Plains Indians?

The tepee was like a camping tent. It could be put up and taken down easily. The Plains Indians moved often (to follow buffalo herds), and the tepee could be folded and placed on a sled (a travois) pulled by a dog.

Buffalo were also used for what other purposes?

make tools, weapons, fuel, cooking utensils, clothing articles and tepees.