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Native Americans Cowboys Farmers Railroads Grab Bag 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 His visions inspired the Sioux to resist white encroachment into the Black Hills.

Answer 1 – 10 Sitting Bull

Question 1 - 20 His defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn was the greatest Native American victory of the the Plains Indian Wars.

George Armstrong Custer Answer 1 – 20 George Armstrong Custer

Question 1 - 30 Much of this state was once Indian Territory

Answer 1 – 30 Oklahoma

Question 1 - 40 This Apache chief was one of the last Native Americans to surrender.

Answer 1 – 40 Geronimo

Question 1 - 50 Chief of the Nez Perce who eluded the U.S. Army in an 1,100 mile flight that ended just 40 miles short of the Canadian border.

Answer 1 – 50 Chief Joseph

Question 2 - 10 This semi-wild breed of cattle was the basis for the Texas ranching industry.

Answer 2 – 10 longhorns

Question 2 - 20 Joseph McCoy created the first cowtown at _________, Kansas.

Answer 2 – 20 Abilene

Question 2 - 30 Wichita, Kansas sat on the _________ Trail.

Answer 2 – 30 Chisholm

Question 2 - 40 The last Cowtown was __________, Kansas

Answer 2 – 40 Dodge City

Question 2 - 50 The American cowboy learned his skills from his Mexican counter-part, the _________

Answer 2 – 50 Vaquero

Question 3 - 10 This law gave farmers 1960 acres of land if they settled on it.

Answer 3 – 10 Homestead Act

Question 3 - 20 These people staked claims in Oklahoma before the official start of the land runs.

Answer 3 – 20 Sooners

Question 3 - 30 This invention by Joseph Glidden may possible the settlement of the Plains.

Answer 3 – 30 Barbed Wire

Question 3 - 40 Because timber was scarce on the Plains, many settlers build their homes of ________.

Answer 3 – 40 Sod

Question 3 - 50 The ________ made it possible for settlers to tap the aquifers of the Great Plains.

Answer 3 – 50 Windmill

Question 4 - 10 After selling his shipping fleet, he build one of America’s largest railroads.

Answer 4 – 10 Cornelius Vanderbilt

Question 4 - 20 The Central Pacific Railroad imported labor from __________ to help build the Transcontinental Railroad.

Answer 4 – 20 China

Question 4 - 30 His sleeping cars made long-distance travel on the railroads more comfortable.

Answer 4 – 30 George Pullman

Question 4 - 40 This “invention” by Professor C .F. Dowd helped railroads run more efficiently and safely.

Answer 4 – 40 Standard Time Zones

Question 4 - 50 The Transcontinental Railroad was joined together at ___________, Utah.

Answer 4 – 50 Promontory Point

Question 5 - 10 This former Confederate guerilla became one of the West’s most notorious train and bank robbers.

Answer 5 – 10 Jesse James

Question 5 - 20 This former Wichita lawman was involved at the shootout at the OK Coral.

Answer 5 – 20 Wyatt Earp

Question 5 - 30 ____________ was know as the “wickedest” cowtown.

Answer 5 – 30 Ellsworth, Kansas

Question 5 - 40 The Morrill Act gave land to states to establish _________.

Answer 5 – 40 colleges

Question 5 - 50 This historian said the Frontier had given America a unique history.

Frederick Jackson Turner Answer 5 – 50 Frederick Jackson Turner