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To the West
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Now is the time to seize the day!
Misc.
100
What was driven into the ground where the two rail lines met?
What is a Golden Spike
100
This act pushed settlers out west with the promise of 16 acers if they worked it for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act (1862)
100
What innovation improved transportation across the country?
What is the Railroad
100
In most cases who did the government side with?
What is the business owners
100
What was the highest point the Central Pacific reached?
What is 8,242 feet above sea level
200
Who did the Central Pacific Railroad hire to build its section through the mountains?
Who are Chinses immigrant workers
200
What was the primary source of food for the tribes on the plains
What is the Bison / Buffalo
200
What entrepreneur dominated the oil industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller
200
Instead of going to school many children worked in factories to do what?
What is support the family
200
What group was brought in to end the Homestead Strike?
Who are the Pinkertons
300
This explosive help blast through the rock of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
What is Nitroglycerin
300
Who was the deaf Sioux who when being disarmed a shot was fired starting Wounded Knee?
Who is Black Coyote
300
What invention is Thomas Edison most famous for?
What is Light Bulb
300
Which major Union was for the skilled laborers?
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
300
What even/ events brought many setters/prospectors out west searching for riches?
What is the Gold Rush
400
What zones did the railroad prompt the creation of?
What are Time Zones
400
What Act worked to assimilate the tribes on the Great Plains and settle them on to family owned farms?
What is the Dawes Act (1877)
400
What entrepreneur dominated the steel industry
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
What tragedy killed 146 women and sparked nationwide outrage for labor reforms?
What is the Trangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
400
BONUS!!!
Who is this?
Who is Paul Bunyan
500
What were the two rail companies who were competing to lay the tracks
Who are the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads
500
Who was the US commander at Little Big Horn, what happened to him?
LTC. Geroge Armstrong Custer, killed with his troops at his last stand.
500
Urbanization is when people move from the _______ to the ________
What is Country side, cities
500
What did the unions fight for?
What is better pay, working conditions, and shorter hours
500
BONUS!!!
Who is this?
Who is John Henry