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The Enduring Vision, Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
Skill Building: Maps
Chapter 17: The Transformation of theTrans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

  1. On the outline map of the Great Plains and the Far West, identify each state and indicate the decade in which it entered the Union.
  2. Each of the following places was significant in the history of the frontier West. Locate each and explain its importance.
    100th meridian
    Sierra Nevada
    Rocky Mountains
    Virginia City, Nevada
    Denver, Colorado
    Missouri River and Great Sioux Reserve
    Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
    Black Hills, South Dakota
    Little Big Horn, Montana
    Wounded Knee, South Dakota
    Abilene, Kansas
    Chisholm Trail
    Promontory Point (near Ogden, Utah)
    Colorado River
    Yellowstone National Park
    Yosemite National Park



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