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$100 Question Trans. Railroad What is the transcontinental railroad?
$100 Answer Trans. Railroad A railroad that crosses a continent
$200 Question Trans. Railroad Name the two companies that began building the transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
$200 Answer Trans. Railroad Central Pacific Union Pacific
$300 Question from Trans. Railroad The Union Pacific began building track ________ from Omaha, Nebraska
$400 Question from Trans. Railroad The Central Pacific began building ________ from Sacramento, California
$500 Question from Trans. Railroad Where did both tracks meet?
$500 Answer from Trans. Railroad Promontory Point, Utah
$100 Question from Great Plains What is a pioneer?
$100 Answer from Great Plains A settler (moves from one place to another)
$200 Question from Great Plains In order to encourage people to move to the Great Plains, the U.S. decided to create the:
$200 Answer from Great Plains Homestead Act
$300 Question from Great Plains Name for African Americans who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War
$300 Answer from Great Plains Exodusters
$400 Question from Great Plains Describe life as a pioneer
$400 Answer from Great Plains • Built houses out of sod • Hot summers, cold winters • Droughts • Grasshopper invasions
$500 Question from Great Plains What are the requirements of the Homestead Act?
$500 Answer from Great Plains 1. Man over 21 or widowed woman 2. Live and farm the land for 5 years 3. Pay a $10 fee
$100 Question from Cowboys and Miners Where did cattle drives begin?
$200 Question from Cowboys and Miners What would cowboys do to keep the cattle calm at night?
$300 Question from Cowboys and Miners What is the name of the people who rushed to California during the Gold Rush?
$400 Question from Cowboys and Miners The gold rush created opportunities for ____________________ because they were able to start businesses for a profit.
$400 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Entrepreneurs
$500 Question from Cowboys and Miners ___________ turned into ______________ when the gold ran out and people moved to other places.
$500 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Boomtowns turned to ghost towns
$100 Question from N.A. Conflict Land set aside by the U.S. for Native Americans
$100 Answer from N.A. Conflict Reservation
$200 Question from N.A. Conflict Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn at first?
$200 Answer from N.A. Conflict Native Americans
$300 Question from N.A. Conflict He and his tribe tried to run away to Canada, but were stopped right before the border.
$300 Answer from N.A. Conflict Chief Joseph
$400 Question from N.A. Conflict Colonel who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
$400 Answer from N.A. Conflict George Custer
$500 Question from N.A. Conflict Describe what happened to the Lakota tribe after they moved to the Black Hills
$500 Answer from N.A. Conflict • Made a treaty with the U.S. • Moved to the Black Hills • Gold was found in the Black Hills • U.S. wanted the land back, but • Sitting Bull refused • 5. Led to the Battle of Little Bighorn
$100 Question from Vocab Service in 1860 that used riders on horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California
$100 Answer from Vocab Pony Express
$200 Question from Vocab Device that sent messages through wires using electricity.
$200 Answer from Vocab Telegraph
$300 Question from Vocab Inventor of blue jeans
$300 Answer from Vocab Levi Strauss
$400 Question from Vocab Way cowboys moved large herds of cattle from Texas to the East
$400 Answer from Vocab Cattle Drives
$500 Question from Vocab A farmer who cuts through sod before planting crops