TCRR
Cattle
Prairie Farms
Indians
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100
This POTUS approved the start of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who was Abraham Lincoln
100
This was the most popular handgun used by cowboys
What is a Colt 45
100
This was used to build home on the Great Plains
What is sod?
100
This was discovered in the Black Hills of The Dakotas
What is GOLD
100
This present-day US state was where the two RRs met
What is Utah?
200
These were the two RR companies used to build the TCRR
What are the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific RR companies?
200
This invention ended the open range
What is barbed wire?
200
These two groups fought over land use on the Great Plains.
What were cowboys and farmers?
200
This Indian tribe was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn
What is the Sioux tribe
200
This was nicknamed the "Iron Horse".
What is a train?
300
These RR workers were given the most dangerous tasks
Who were the Chinese?
300
Cattle from Texas were "driven" to what state to then be put on RRs.
What is Kansas?
300
This was the last "battle" if the Indian Wars
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
300
This fraction, or % of cowboys were African American or Mexican
What is 1/3....33%
400
The RR companies were paid what for building the TCRR?
What is LAND
400
This was the "new" type of cattle found wild in Texas.
What are Longhorns cattle
400
This was the federal law that allowed people to claim large farms for a mere $10 filing fee.
What was the Homestead Act
400
This was the term for a wild horse
What is a mustang?
500
This was the cowboys greatest fear.
What is a stampede?
500
This is the number of time zones in the continental contiguous US
What is FOUR
500
He was the leader of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Who was George Custer?
500
Term for a jumble of logs jammed together in a river
What is a logjam?
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