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Gold!!
Giddy up Cowboy
100
Native American leader killed at Wounded Knee
Who is Sitting Bull
100
Who most of the land for railroads was taken from.
Who are the Native Americans
100
land that was set aside for the Native Americans to live on.
What is a reservation
100
Along with finding it between layers of rocks, this was another way to find gold.
What is panning
100
Name of cattle with big horns.
What is a long horn
200
These people took the law into their own hands.
Who are vigilantes
200
The name given to the rail line that ran from the East coast to the West coast.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
200
This animal was hunted by the Native Americans.
What is a buffalo
200
Towns that sprung up overnight after discovering gold.
What are boomtowns
200
People who stole cattle were known as this
What is a rustler
300
He and his troops were killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Who is General Custer
300
This railroad company started in Nebraska and worked towards the West coast.
What is the Union Pacific
300
Name of the state that was once known as the Indian Territory.
What is Oklahoma
300
Women working in mining towns often worked in these places.
What is a saloon (bar/restaurant)
300
What a lot of cowboys did after the end of cattle of drives.
What is farming
400
African Americans who moved to the West as farmers to escape slavery in the South.
Who are exodusters
400
This railroad company started in California and began laying track to the East coast.
What is the Central Pacific
400
Created as an effect of building railroad schedules.
What are time zones
400
When the gold ran out and the people left, this was the name given to the mining town.
What is a ghost town
400
This culture heavily influenced life and language for cowboys.
What is Hispanic
500
They were the 1st group to show up to settle in Oklahoma.
Who are the Sooners
500
This was the state where the 2 rail lines met to complete the Transcontinental Rail line.
What is Utah
500
People who owned land after settling and farming on it for 5 years.
What are homesteaders
500
2 states that were once boomtowns.
What are CO, ND, SD, WA, WY, MT, ID
500
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