prairie culture clash
prairie pt.2
settling the plains
farmers/people's party
Random
100
What is the name of the grassland extending through the west-central portion of the U.S.?
What are the Great Plains
100
What plains animal was destroyed in the 19th century by tourists and fur traders?
What is the buffalo
100
What was the name of the Oklahoma settlers who took possession of the land before it was available?
What is The Sooners
100
Name the movement of the people/ the people's party.
What is Populism
100
Where is Miss Mae from?
What is Florida
200
In which state was gold discovered in 1858?
What is Colorado
200
Who influenced American cowboys and ranchers way of life?
Who are the Mexicans
200
What was the name of African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas?
What is Exodusters
200
What was the name of the money that was retired post- Civil War and caused discontent among farmers?
What is Greenbacks
200
Where did Ms.Powell go to college?
What is Southern University
300
What was the name of the U.S. Colonel who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Who is Colonel George A. Custer
300
Name one way settlers traveled out West.
What is either wagon or train.
300
What was a frontier home made of prairie turf called?
What is Soddy
300
Who did William Jennings Bryan run against in 1896?
What is William McKinley
300
What is Boosie's real name?
What is Torrence Hatch
400
What was the major cattle route from San Antonio, TX through Oklahoma to Kansas?
What is the Chisholm Trail
400
What was the name of the treaty (1868) in which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River?
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie
400
What was the name of the enormous, single-crop farms that railroad companies and investors created?
What is Bonanza farms
400
What was the name of William Jennings Bryan’s speech supporting bimetallism in 1896?
What is Cross of Gold
400
Name 4 City Years.
Mae, Tiffany, Lanise, Diliesha, Ryan, Abby, Kailey, Lea, Chinell, Kim, Mia, Pat, Sheena, Qua, Greg
500
What was the act (1887) that aimed to “Americanize” the Native Americans?
What is the Dawes Act
500
Name one reason why the open range ended.
What is either overgrazing of land/ extended bad weather/ invention of barbed wire
500
What was the act (1862) that offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household?
What is Homestead Act
500
What was the organization of farmers that fought railroads for affordable prices?
What is The Grange
500
Which governor built Louisiana's state capitol?
Who is Huey Long
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