Westward Expansion

Anticipation Guide
1. Beginning in the 1840s, more and more settlers moved west in search of
_______ and ________.

2. A ______________is land the government has set aside for American

Indians.

3. Reservations were ________ from the lands that American Indians hunted
on.

4. Reservations did not allow for ________ Indians to move around in

search of food and water like they were accustomed to.

5. Two of the nomadic Indian tribes were the _____________ and the
_______________.

6. At one time __________of buffalo lived on the Great Plains, but by 1889
only _______ buffalo were left.

7. The buffalo almost became __________.

8. Native Americans used buffalo for

_______________________________________.

9. Settlers used buffalo primarily for

_______________________________________.

10. __________ _____________ led his men into the Black Hills of South
Dakota and found gold.

11. _________________, __________________, and _________________

were Native Americans who led the fight against George Custer and his
soldiers at Little Bighorn.

12. ___________ _______________ taught that the buffalo would return

and that the dead Indians would come back to life.