The Wild West

Reading p. 49-94

Key Questions:

1) Describe the conditions that settlers had to live with out West?

2) How did settlers impact Native Americans?

3) How did racism effect life out West?

Key Vocabulary

Homestead Act p. 69

Homesteaders p. 69

Chief Joseph, p. 90-94

Wounded Knee, p. 85

Dawes Act, p. 88

George Custer p. 88 and 90

Assimilate, dictionary

transcontinental railroad, p. 58-67

 

Sodbuster, dictionary

Populist

George Custer

Sand Creek

Little Big Horn

Indian Wars

Reservation

Vigilante

William Jennings Bryan

Boom Town