vocabulary
gold rush
railroads
states
miscellaneous
100
larriat
What is a rope used to lasso stray cattle?
100
1849
What is the year of the Great California Gold Rush?
100
subsidies
What are financial aid and land grants from the government?
100
Oklahoma
What state was the Oklahoma Land Rush?
100
Mining Companies
What sprung up around the West that mined more efficiently?
200
chaps
What are leather leggings worn to protect cowhand's legs?
200
California
What is the state of the Great Gold Rush?
200
subsidies
What was money given to railroads to build their tracks because they benefitted the entire nation?
200
Texas
What is the state famous for the Longhorn cattle?
200
Vigilantes
What are people who took the law into their own hands?
300
Vaqueros
What are spanish cow hands?
300
lone miner
What is someone who searched for gold on their own?
300
1869
What year did the east and west railroads link together?
300
Kansas
What state did African Americans migrate to escape persecution?
300
Comstock Lode
What was a discovery of silver in 1859 that was named after Henry Comstock?
400
open range
What is land not fenced in?
400
gold rush
What contributed to the addition of new states?
400
Utah
What state did the East and West link together?
400
Oklahoma
What state is famous for Boomers and Sooners?
400
Boom Towns
What were towns that grew almost overnight?
500
cow town
What is a town located near a railroad to market and ship cattle?
500
west
Which direction did people travel to search for gold?
500
Time Zones
What was established to keep trains on dependable schedules?
500
Utah
What is the state that the Golden Spike held East and West links together?
500
ghost towns
What were towns that became deserted?
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