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Mr Langhorst – South Valley Jr High Social Studies
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Some reminders about the game: Answer the question on your sheet Circle the amount you win when you answer the question correctly These ANSWERS are written in the form of ANSWERS to make it easier to help you study
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OUT WEST NATIVE AMERICANS LIFE IN THE WEST FARMING & POPULISM ETC. 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 Categories and amounts 100
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The first cowboys were: Mexicans
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He created a traveling show that spread the myth of the West Buffalo Bill Cody
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A large deposit of gold and silver found in Western Nevada in 1859 COMSTOCK LODE
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Groups of people who take the law into their own hands VIGILANTES
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Act that forced Native Americans to assimilate (adopt white culture) Dawes Act
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Battle that killed Custer and all of the U.S. 7 th Cavalry Little Big Horn
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Native American that massacred U.S. soldiers along the Bozeman Trail Crazy Horse
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This event happens in South Dakota in 1890, the last armed resistance by Native Americans WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE
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African American soldiers who fought in the West BUFFALO SOLDIERS
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HOMESTEAD ACT Created in 1862, the U.S. government offered 160 acres free to anyone who would live on it for 5 years and make improvements
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Area where Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad met: Promontory Point
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Ritual performed by Native Americans to bring back way of life: Ghost Dance
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The Morrill Land Grant Act gave land to help start: Agricultural Colleges
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Homes in the Great Plains are known as this: SODDIES
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This group of people wanted silver to back up the currency supply Farmers/Populists
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The Grange was the first organization of farmers. Who did the Grange target for the harm they did to the farmers? Railroads
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This was created because of scheduling issues with railroads Standardized Time
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Type of Cattle native to Texas Longhorns
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This invention brought an end to the Long Drive Barbed Wire
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African Americans who moved West to set up farms EXODUSTERS
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