American West

• Which tribes were involved in the battle of little big horn?

  Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho
• Tensions between the Native American tribes and the U.S. government

  Led to the Battle of Little Bighorn
• Native American tribes

  • Fighting to protect their land and way of life from settlers and the U.S. Army
• The Battle of Little Bighorn took place

  1876
• Location

  Montana
• Native American tribes

  • Led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
• The Native American tribes successfully defended their territory
• The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in a significant loss for General Custer and the U.S. Army</b>
• The Battle of Little Bighorn was a turning point in Native American history and a symbol of resistance against westward expansion
• which generals did general custer not wait for ?

  General Gibbon and General terry
• What did custer get stuck in while escaping ?

  Quick sand
• What were cowboys jobs ?

  • responsible for herding and driving cattle
  • cattle drives
  • mainting fances and ranches
  • moving herds of cattle to ranches
  • taking care of horses
• what's a cattle shipping depot

  a place where cowboys would bring their herds of cattle to be loaded on to trains and to be transported to other markets
• what was the first ever cattle town called ?

  Abeiline
• Where did goodnight and loving travel to and where from with their cattle ?

  Goodnight and Loving traveled from Texas to Colorado with their cattle.
• What was the goodnight and loving trail ?

  it was a famous cattle trail known for its challenges and rough terrain and native american attacks it was named after goodnight and loving from texas to colorado
• What is nomadic ?

  following the buffalo
• what did the plains indians sleep cook etc. in ?

  tipis
• What does polytheism mean ?

  believing there's more than one god this was what the plains indians beleived in
• Why did the plains indians scalp their enemies ?

  to remove the spirit of his enemy so they don't go after them in the after life
• In what year was gold discovered in califronia ?

  1848