THE WEST - MAPS

The maps in your textbook in Chapter 19 should help, as should the maps provided below:

The West Native Americans Western Land Use
Mining in the West / Mining from PBS Railroads Cattle Trails / Cattle Trails

q     Neatly locate and label the following cities: Omaha, Denver, Portland, San Antonio, Wichita, Kansas City, San Francisco, Seattle,

q     Neatly locate and label Pikes Peak, the Comstock Lode, the Black Hills, and Silver City, Idaho (all locations of major mineral strikes)

q     Neatly locate and label the end point of the migration of most Exodusters.

q     Neatly locate and label the Oklahoma Territory, location of many reservations and the land rush of 1889.

q     Neatly locate and label the general area where you farmed your homestead.

q     Neatly locate and label the Great Salt Lake, site of the Mormon settlement

q     Neatly draw and label the transcontinental railroad, including the Union Pacific portion, the Central Pacific portion, and Promontory Point.

q     Neatly locate and label the Missouri River, the Red River, the Platte River, and the Mississippi River

q     Neatly identify and label the four major cattle trails (Goodnight-Loving, Great Western, Chisholm, and Sedalia).

q     Neatly identify and label the major railhead towns (Dodge City, Abilene, Cheyenne, Sedalia)

q     Neatly draw the major railroads (Great Northern & Northern Pacific, Kansas Pacific & Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific) running east-west

q     Locate and label the general locations of the following events involving Native Americans in the West: Sand Creek Massacre, Fetterman Massacre, Little Big Horn, the Nez Perce flight to Canada, Geronimo’s surrender, Wounded Knee