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Great Plains Gold Rush Railroads Settling The Plains Indians Conflicts

A 100 A flat, treeless area east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River.

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 (name of mountain range) A 400

This insect made life miserable for the settlers A 500

B 100 This is the year the Gold Rush began

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

No more Gold and people leave which leads to this B 300

This treaty was broken when settlers trespassed onto Indian land for GOLD B 400

The name of gold-seekers B 500

The name of the railroad that connected (united) the East coast with the West C 100

The name of the TCRR company that began building in Omaha and went westward. C 200

The rail workers most skilled in explosives. C 300

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C 400

The location of the golden spike connecting the first TCRR C 500

The primary source of food for the Plains Indians D 100

Plains Indians were skilled in their use of this creature for hunting, fighting and traveling D 200

D 300 This piece of legislation tried to get Indians to become like White Americans (farmers?) If you are a white settler and get this question wrong then you lose ALL your points in this battle. If you answer correctly then ADD 50 points to your score

D 400 This 4 day festival where the Great Spirit was celebrated and the buffalo was praised

D 500 Reminiscing about the great past and a time when there would be no more white man

E 100 The name of the “Hollywood” movie Mr. Slots showed in class that showed the Buffalo hunt

The innocent slaughter of a Cheyenne village mostly women and children E 200

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

The last fight from the reservation led by Bigfoot that ended in defeat for the Lakotas and many deaths of women and children 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 who farmed it for five years

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

F 500 This group (‘party’) wanted government to help with RR and farm prices; also place a limit on immigration

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Moving On

What is the term used for The African Americans who left the South to settle in the west (mostly traveled to Kansas)

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A 100 Great Plains

A 200 Rocky Mountains

A 300 Sod

A 400 Sierra Nevada Mountains

A 500 Grasshopper

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B 200 Boom Towns

B 300 Bust Towns or Ghost Towns

B 400 Fort Laramie

B 500 Prospectors

C 100 Transcontinental Railroad

C 200 Union Pacific

C 300 Chinese

C 400 Golden Spike Ceremony Connecting the lines

C 500 Promontory Point, Utah

D 100 Bison

D 200 Horse

D 300 Dawes Act

D 400 Sun Dance

D 500 Ghost Dance

E 100 Dancing With Wolves

E 200 Chivington/San 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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