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Geography Gold Rush Railroads Settling The Plains Indians Conflicts

The flat area of the US A 100

The largest mountain range in the West A 200

A 300 This substance was used to build homes on the Plains because of its lack of timber

This feature was blasted out by Chinese immigrants to lay railroad tracks A 400

The nickname for the flattest landmass out West A 500

B 100 The nickname for the first migrators during the Gold Rush

B 200 The term used for a town in the West that flourishes because of deposits of gold

No more Iron Ore leads to this B 300

This group ran boarding houses and restaurants among other things B 400

The name of gold-seekers B 500

The name of the railroad that connected the East with the West C 100

The name of the rail company that began building in Omaha C 200

The rail workers most skilled in explosives. C 300

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C 400

The location of the golden spike C 500

The primary source of food for the Plains Indians D 100

This creature allowed natives to abandon farming in the 17 th century D 200

D 300 This piece of legislation tried to get Indians to become like White Americans

D 400 The festival where the Great Spirit is asked for a year of good fortune

D 500 Reminiscing about the great past

E 100 Native troops were accidentally responsible for his death

The innocent slaughter of a Cheyenne village E 200

The first major victory by the Indians over the US army E 300

The last flight from the reservation led by Bigfoot that ended in defeat for the Lakotas E 400

E 500 The agreement that granted settlers safe passage in return for lands for the Natives

F 100 The invention that gave settlers water

This revolutionized soil tilling F 200

F 300 This gave “Free land” to people

A name of a group of farmers who pooled their supplies F 400

F 500 This group wanted to “Free Silver”

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How did the US Government solve the “Indian Problem?” Team with the most methods and supporting facts wins.

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A 100 Great Plains

A 200 Rocky Mountains

A 300 Sod

A 400 Sierra Mountains

A 500 Great American Desert or Tornado Alley

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B 200 Boom Towns

B 300 Bust Towns or Ghost Towns

B 400 Women

B 500 Prospectors

C 100 Transcontinental Railroad

C 200 Union Pacific

C 300 Chinese

C 400 Golden Spike Ceremony

C 500 Promontory Point, Utah

D 100 Bison

D 200 Horse

D 300 Dawe’s Act

D 400 Sundance

D 500 Ghostdance

E 100 Sitting Bull

E 200 Chivington/Sand Creek Massacre

E 300 The Battle of Little Bighorn or Greasy Grass

E 400 The Battle of Wounded Knee

E 500 Fort Laramie Treaty

E 100 Windmill

E 200 Steel Plow or Sod busting

E 300 Homestead Act

E 400 The Grange or Farmer’s Alliance

E 500 The Populist Party

E 500

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