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This material was used by settlers on the Great Plains to make their homes
What was a sod?
100
This was usually the first business in a frontier town.
What was a trading post?
100
These were NOT part of the peace-keeping efforts in the Old West.
What were the outlaws?
100
This was the company that transported passengers, mail, freight, and gold from the west coast to the east coast.
What was Wells Fargo?
100
This is the present-day state where the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad lines meet.
What is Utah?
200
This trail led settlers from Missouri to New Mexico.
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
200
This was the town where Texas began to fight for independence.
What was Gonzalez?
200
He was the dictator of Mexico during the Texas War for independence.
Who was Antonio de Santa Anna?
200
Cherokees referred to this as their removal from their land to the reservations.
What was the Trail of Tears?
200
He was an Indian Chief who did NOT fight at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who was Lazy Bear?
300
She inscribed the words on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Who was Emma Lazarus?
300
You would likely use this trail if you were driving a herd of cattle from Texas to Kansas.
What was Chisolm Trail?
300
This was the end of the trail for cattle drives from Texas.
What was Abilene, Kansas?
300
They were in charge of the care of the horses while on the long drive.
What were the wranglers?
300
This was the place where gold was first discovered in California.
What was Sutters Mill?
400
These were the people who rushed to California in the mid-1800s.
What were Forty-niners?
400
This state had the Comstock Lode.
What was Nevada?
400
They made the most money from the Gold Rush.
Who were the merchants?
400
Levi Strauss started this business.
What was making pants?
400
This act encouraged people to move, settle, and farm the Great Plains.
What was the Homestead Act?
500
This trail led settlers from Missouri to New Mexico.
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
500
She inscribed words on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Who was Emma Lazarus?
500
These people rushed to California in the mid-1800s.
What were the Forty-niners?
500
This type of animal attacked Jedediah Smith on his second expedition?
What was grizzly bear?
500
This was the approximate time the wagons trains would start each day.
What was 6:00AM?
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