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Terms I Terms IIIndividual
PeopleQuestions
Groups of People
Category 1$10 Question
Early settler of a regionEarly settler of a region
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What is a Pioneer?What is a Pioneer?
Category 1$20 Question
African American Pioneers African American Pioneers who moved to the Great who moved to the Great
Plains after the Civil WarPlains after the Civil War
Category 1$20 Answer
Who are the Exodusters?Who are the Exodusters?
Category 1$30 Question
Great Plains farmer of the Great Plains farmer of the late 1800’s who had to cut late 1800’s who had to cut through thick sod before through thick sod before
planting cropsplanting crops
Category 1$30 Answer
Who are the Sodbusters?Who are the Sodbusters?
Category 1$40 Question
Settlers who claimed land Settlers who claimed land through the Homestead Actthrough the Homestead Act
Category 1$40 Answer
Who are the Homesteaders?Who are the Homesteaders?
Category 1$50 Question
One who extracted gold One who extracted gold from the earthfrom the earth
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What is a miner?What is a miner?
Category 2$10 Question
Railroad that crosses a Railroad that crosses a continentcontinent
Category 2$10 Answer
What is the Transcontinental What is the Transcontinental Railroad?Railroad?
Category 2$20 Question
Mail service begun in 1860 Mail service begun in 1860 that used a relay of ridersthat used a relay of riders
Category 2$20 Answer
What is The Pony Express?What is The Pony Express?
Category 2$30 Question
Device that sends Device that sends messages through wires messages through wires
using electricityusing electricity
Category 2$30 Answer
What is the telegraph?What is the telegraph?
Category 2$40 Question
Quick economic growthQuick economic growth
Category 2$40 Answer
What is a boom?What is a boom?
Category 2$50 Question
The act that led to the The act that led to the construction of the construction of the
Transcontinental RailroadTranscontinental Railroad
Category 2$50 Answer
What is the Pacific Railroad What is the Pacific Railroad Act?Act?
Category 3$10 Question
Trips on which cowhands Trips on which cowhands moved large numbers of moved large numbers of
cattle to the railroadscattle to the railroads
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What is a long drive?What is a long drive?
Category 3$20 Question
The time period when The time period when thousands of people went thousands of people went to California to search for to California to search for
GoldGold
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What is the Gold Rush?What is the Gold Rush?
Category 3$30 Question
A person that raised cattleA person that raised cattle
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What is a Rancher?What is a Rancher?
Category 3$40 Question
What caused mining towns What caused mining towns to become ghost towns?to become ghost towns?
Category 3$40 Answer
What is the gold ran out?What is the gold ran out?
Category 3$50 Question
What was the purpose of What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?the Homestead Act?
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What is to make people move What is to make people move out West to expand the nation?out West to expand the nation?
Category 4$10 Question
Created a stronger plowCreated a stronger plow
Category 4$10 Answer
Who was John Deere?Who was John Deere?
Category 4$20 Question
He was defeated at the He was defeated at the Battle of Little BighornBattle of Little Bighorn
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Who is George Custer?Who is George Custer?
Category 4$30 Question
He invented barbed wire.He invented barbed wire.
Category 4$30 Answer
Who is Joseph Glidden?Who is Joseph Glidden?
Category 4$40 Question
This Native American Chief This Native American Chief surrendered to the US Army surrendered to the US Army
and ended the “Indian Wars.”and ended the “Indian Wars.”
Category 4$40 Answer
Who is Geronimo?Who is Geronimo?
Category 4$50 Question
This Indian Chief led the This Indian Chief led the Nez Perces in an escape to Nez Perces in an escape to Canada, but did not make Canada, but did not make
it.it.
Category 4$50 Answer
Who is Chief Joseph?Who is Chief Joseph?
Category 5$10 Question
What was the main What was the main resource of the Plains resource of the Plains
Indians?Indians?
Category 5$10 Answer
What is Buffalo?What is Buffalo?
Category 5$20 Question
Why did ranchers sell their Why did ranchers sell their cattle in the North and cattle in the North and
East?East?
Category 5$20 Answer
What is because they sold for What is because they sold for more money?more money?
Category 5$30 Question
Why did settlers use Sod to Why did settlers use Sod to build their homes?build their homes?
Category 5$30 Answer
What is because there were no What is because there were no trees?trees?
Category 5$40 Question
What was the purpose of What was the purpose of the Pacific Railroad Act?the Pacific Railroad Act?
Category 5$40 Answer
What is to provide a way to What is to provide a way to move supplies and goods from move supplies and goods from
the West to the East?the West to the East?
Category 5$50 Question
Name to examples of Name to examples of conflict during Westward conflict during Westward Expansion of the 1800’sExpansion of the 1800’s
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What are farmers vs. ranchers, What are farmers vs. ranchers, Native Americans vs. Native Americans vs. government, Chinese government, Chinese
immigrants vs. miners, etc?immigrants vs. miners, etc?
