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17 Cards in this Set
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Who was the famous African American
who founded Tuskegee Institute? |
Booker T. Washington
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Who was the famous African American
that Booker T. Washington hired to teach chemistry? |
George Washington Carver
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Who was the African American
who found hundreds of uses for sweet potatoes and peanuts? |
George Washington Carver
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By the mid 1800's the _______
_________ remained the last frontier to be settled. |
Great Plains
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What important animal did the
Indians depend on for food, shelter, and clothing? |
the buffalo
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What were the pieces of land
called that the United States set aside for the Indians? |
reservations
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A _________________ railroad
was built that would cross the continent from coast to coast. |
transcontinental
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The two railroad conpanies that
built the transcontinental railroad were the __________ Pacific Company and the __________ Pacific Company. |
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
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When was the transcontinental
railroad completed? |
May 10, 1869
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Where was the transcontinental
railroad completed? |
Promontory Point, Utah
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What were the men called whom
ranchers hired to take care of their cattle? |
American cowboys
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Why did cowboys move cattle
several hundred miles on what was called the "long drive"? |
to reach the nearest cow town
that had a railroad |
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What was it called when a loud
noise caused the cattle herd to run wild? |
a stampede
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What did the cowboys often do
at night to soothe the cows and prevent stampedes? |
they sang soft songs
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What law was passed where the
government would give 160 acres of land to settlers? |
the Homestead Act
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What territory did the government
originally give to the Indians as their land? |
Oklahoma
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What is the name of the man who
invented the first mechanical reaper? |
Cyrus McCormick
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