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this is usually the youngest of the hands and paid the least.
What is a wrangler?
100
the man who was in charge of the men on the -trail
What is a trail boss?
100
these people needed to move around a lot cause this was their culture and what their ancestors have always done.
What is the native americans view of land?
100
these people are brave and hate white men.
What are the indians?
100
tracks of land that had been set aside for many groups of Indians that have been scattered around.
What is reservations?
200
a house that became the classic dwelling on the prairie
What is a sod house?
200
these people would have to work often and they wouldn't get paid a fair amount of money for the hard labor they always did.
What are the challenges some pioneers faced?
200
during the period of 1866, these -trails- people/settlers sold cattle on for much higher price then in the east.
What are cattle trails?
200
in 1862 this -act- opened western lands for free settlement.
What is the homestead act?
300
this invention put the strong breezes of its region to use
What is a windmill?
300
cattle herding, loneliness, poverty, and they seek adventure
What are the main things that many cowboys have and/or do?
300
this man discovered gold
What did James Marshall do?
400
people used to keep animal/people at of their land and/or their property
What is barbed wire?
400
the rush when gold was was founded and everybody was getting rich off of it.
What is the California gold rush?
400
thoughts that the white men were selfish and cruel.
What did many native americans think of the white men?
500
men like charles m. russel and fredrick remington
What is a cowboy?
500
when everybody went frantic and were always on the move mining looking for gold
What is the term gold fever?
500
many people got rich during this -rush
What is the result of the california gold rush?
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