What legendary boomtown got its name from lead deposits that contained large amounts of silver?

What attempted to help Native Americans by selling land and building a trust of money for them?

What approach to farming planted seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them?

Homesteaders could gain title to the land by living there for five years under which act?

What new invention helped keep cattle herds from roaming freely causing ranchers' way of life to feel threatened?

What was the name of the trail cowboys used to drive cattle to a railroad up north to sell?

What metal was found at the Comstock Lode?

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore through which method?

A tract of public land for settlement

These farms brought their owners big profits

Productive farm area that began at the eastern edge of the Great Plains

Vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government

Self-appointed volunteers to track down and punish wrongdoers

Mining that dug deep beneath the surface

The major route north to Abilene, Kansas

What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give to the area due to its weather?

Settlement in the Great plains was promoted by the railroad companies and which other group?

Besides prairie fires and extreme weather changes, what was another hardship for settlers in the West?

What is the term for ranchers moving their cattle to Sedalia, Missouri in 1866 to meet the trains for sale?

What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

Who explored the Great Plains in 1819?

Leader of the Nez Perce people

Site of a murderous battle between U.S. soldiers and the Lakota people

To be absorbed into another group

Main source of food for many Native Americans

Payments to Reservation dwellers

Cowboys exaggerated tales from the trails created what?

What crops had an advantage on the Great Plains because it could withstand drought better than other crops?

Why had the Cheyenne come to Sand Creek from Camp Lyon?

What ritual caused the confrontation at Wounded Knee?