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Native Americans Cowboys Farmers Railroads Grab Bag 10 20 30 40 50
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Question His visions inspired the Sioux to resist white encroachment into the Black Hills.
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Answer 1 – 10 Sitting Bull
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Question His defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn was the greatest Native American victory of the the Plains Indian Wars.
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George Armstrong Custer
Answer 1 – 20 George Armstrong Custer
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Question Much of this state was once Indian Territory
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Answer 1 – 30 Oklahoma
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Question This Apache chief was one of the last Native Americans to surrender.
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Answer 1 – 40 Geronimo
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Question 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.
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Answer 1 – 50 Chief Joseph
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Question This semi-wild breed of cattle was the basis for the Texas ranching industry.
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Answer 2 – 10 longhorns
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Question Joseph McCoy created the first cowtown at _________, Kansas.
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Answer 2 – 20 Abilene
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Question Wichita, Kansas sat on the _________ Trail.
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Answer 2 – 30 Chisholm
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Question The last Cowtown was __________, Kansas
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Answer 2 – 40 Dodge City
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Question The American cowboy learned his skills from his Mexican counter-part, the _________
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Answer 2 – 50 Vaquero
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Question This law gave farmers 1960 acres of land if they settled on it.
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Answer 3 – 10 Homestead Act
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Question These people staked claims in Oklahoma before the official start of the land runs.
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Answer 3 – 20 Sooners
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Question This invention by Joseph Glidden may possible the settlement of the Plains.
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Answer 3 – 30 Barbed Wire
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Question Because timber was scarce on the Plains, many settlers build their homes of ________.
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Answer 3 – 40 Sod
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Question The ________ made it possible for settlers to tap the aquifers of the Great Plains.
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Answer 3 – 50 Windmill
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Question After selling his shipping fleet, he build one of America’s largest railroads.
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Answer 4 – 10 Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Question The Central Pacific Railroad imported labor from __________ to help build the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Answer 4 – 20 China
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Question His sleeping cars made long-distance travel on the railroads more comfortable.
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Answer 4 – 30 George Pullman
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Question This “invention” by Professor C .F. Dowd helped railroads run more efficiently and safely.
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Answer 4 – 40 Standard Time Zones
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Question The Transcontinental Railroad was joined together at ___________, Utah.
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Answer 4 – 50 Promontory Point
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Question This former Confederate guerilla became one of the West’s most notorious train and bank robbers.
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Answer 5 – 10 Jesse James
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Question This former Wichita lawman was involved at the shootout at the OK Coral.
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Answer 5 – 20 Wyatt Earp
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Question ____________ was know as the “wickedest” cowtown.
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Answer 5 – 30 Ellsworth, Kansas
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Question The Morrill Act gave land to states to establish _________.
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Answer 5 – 40 colleges
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Question This historian said the Frontier had given America a unique history.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
Answer 5 – 50 Frederick Jackson Turner
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