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20 Cards in this Set
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5Q. The early center of cattle ranching in the WEst was ---.
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5A. Texas
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18Q. Why did the American government order the Sioux to sell the Black Hills?
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18A. Gold had been discovered there.
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1Q. An area of land set aside for Indian use is called a
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1A. reservation
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14Q. The completion of the transcontinental railraod made it possible for travelers to cross the West in ---.
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14A. a week
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2Q. People who settled the land under the Homestead Act were called ---.
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2A. homesteaders
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12Q. The American army suffered its worst defeat of the Indian wars at ---.
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12A. the Little Bighorn
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4Q. Houses built by Plains settlers from bricks of earth were called ---.
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4A. soddies
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9Q. Indians in the WEst went to war with American settlers to ---.
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9A. defend their way of life
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3Q. A machine that sends electrical messages by wire is called a ---.
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3A. telegraph
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15Q. Who led the way into the mountains of the West?
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15A. miners
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6Q. Who was the leader of the Nez Perce during the Indian wars?
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6A. Chief Joseph
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10Q. The American government made the construction of a transcontinental railroad possible by ---.
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10A. giving land and money to railroad companies
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13Q. On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads were finally joined together at
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13A. Promontory Point, Utah
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17Q. The Homestead Act offered free farmland to anyone willing to ---.
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17A. work the land for five years
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8Q. What caused thousands of people to rush to the Rjocky Mountains in 1859?
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8A. the discovery of gold
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19Q. The rapid growth of cattle ranching eventually forced ranchers to ---.
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19A. fence in their lands
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16Q. The government ordered the Indians of the WEst to ---.
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16A. leave their land
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20Q. Why did the government encourage sttlers to kill buffalo?
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20A. to make it impossiblefor the Inidans to live on their own
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11Q. The way of life of the Plains Indians depended on
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11A. the buffalo
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7Q. Much of the hard labor on the Central Pacific railroad was done by ---.
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7A. Chinese immigrants
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