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100
is also known as "Nebraska Marble"
What is sod?
100
opened the west to settlement because it made travel easier
What is the Railroad?
100
2 minerals found in the west that prompted settlers to arrive
What is gold and silver?
100
in the 1860's between 3 and 6 million of these roamed wild in Texas
What is cattle?
100
the job was romanticized as being adventurous but was actually very strenuous
What is being a cowhand?
200
this term means "across" a continent
What is transcontinental?
200
laws passed by Congress to promote growth in the West
What is The Pacific Railway Act?
200
Prompted towns to "spring Up"
What is the discovery of gold and silver?
200
these events became annual events going to the markets of Chicago
What is a cattle drive?
200
a reason many cowhand did not receive a "full night's sleep
What is stand 2 hour guard duty?
300
is a hired hand who looks after cattle
What is a cowhand?
300
location where the 2 railroads completed the tracks spanning the east and west
What is the Promontory Point, Utah?
300
this mineral is typically much harder to mine
What is silver?
300
the demand for this was high, so cattle drives were successful for the rancher.
What is Beef?
300

sacred land of the Sioux in the Dakotas.  Gold prospectors moved into it and it eventually led to the Battle of Little Big Horn

What is the Black Hills?

400
the vast public grasslands in the West where cattle graze freely
What is the range?
400
an industry that was a big proponent of settlement in the West.
What is the Railroad Companies?
400
an internationally famous lode of silver discovered in Nevada in 1859
What is Comstock Lode?
400
this technique was used to identify their cattle
What is Branding?
400
dried up the water holes along the trail
What is the drought of 1885?
500
the process of taking cattle to market
What is a cattle drive?
500
The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 gave this to the owners of the railroads.
What is land?
500
the discover of gold in Cherry Creek led to the later founding of this famous city in Colorado
What is Denver?
500
a new technique/item that contributed to the end of the need for the cattle drives
What is barbed wire fencing?
500
this killed thousands of cattle and also left many cattle starving
What are the Blizzards of 1886 and 1887