Division
Westward
Expansion
Boom
Heartland
Cival War
100
This tied the northern and southern economies together
What is cotton
100
The most valuable commodity in the west
What is Beaver
100
This was considerd Black Gold
What is Oil
100
The government had to give this to pay for the railroad being built by americans and the chinese
What is federal land
100
Like this today, it takes only seconds to send a message with the telegraph
What is twitter
200
This is how much women earned while working in textile mills
What is $2
200
The most deadly frontier beast
What is the Grizzley Bear
200
THis man was behind the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, he was also convicted of tax evasion
Who is Al Capone
200
This is how long it took to get a trip across the US using the railroad
What is 6 Days
200
Large amounts of women signed up for these during the cival war
What are nurses
300
This was the bounty of Harriet Tubman
What is $40,000
300
The leader of the wagon train heading west
Who is George Donnor
300
This black man was killed by a rock to the head while swimming, because he was thought of as a tresspasser on the white part of the beach.
Who is Eugene Willams
300
This is how many buffalo roamed the plains in North America in 1865
What is 30 million
300
An experienced surgeon could cut off a limb in only this amount of time
What is 10 minutes
400
This is how long until shots were fired after president Abraham Lincoln was elected
What is 5 weeks
400
The final obstacle for the wagon trail journey
What are the Sierra Nevadas
400
This type of oil "conered the market"
What is whale oil
400
This is how much of the US was given away during the Homestead act. This is actually a percent
What is 10%
400
This women founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
500
The size of the confederate army
What is 800
500
This is how long the gold rush really lasted
What is 5 years
500
This makes the U.S more mobile than ever thought possible
What is gasoline
500
The cowboys gun of choice
What is the colt .45
500
Abraham Lincoln wrote this document, freeing all the slaves in the southern states
What is the Emancipation Proclomation
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