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What Act passed in 1882 began banning immigrants from a certain country?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the name of the act which allowed Americans to claim federal lands out west as long as they worked to improve the land?
Homestead Act
What Native American tribe in the west was forced onto a "Long Walk" to a reservation?
Navajo
Name two states that saw an increase in mining towns and wealth production.
Nevada
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
What was the name given by Native Americans to African American Calvary Soldiers in the West.
Buffalo Soldiers
The Lakota and Dakota Tribes were a part of what larger Native American Tribe?
Sioux
Name one outlaw that was immortalized by the Wild West.
Jesse James
Billy the Kid
Butch Cassidy
What American businessman established a namesake "Wild West" show?
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
The Great San Francisco Earthquake, which destroyed a majority of the city, occurred in what year?
1906
At what battle did the United States under George Custer lose to Native Americans in Montana?
What was the name of the networks that shipped cows and other livestock to railroads to be sent out west to meat packing plants?
Cattle Trails
What famous sharpshooter performed in William Cody's Wild West Show?
Annie Oakley
The Transcontinental Railroad end point was in what California city?
San Francisco
During what event did the U.S. Army and Native Americans get into a shootout that led to the deaths of many Lakota Civilians?
Wounded Knee
What was the name of the fake company that was created by the Union Pacific Railroad to overcharge for the construction of railroads?
Credit Mobilier
Why did the San Francisco fire spread as much as it did following the Earthquake?
Most of the buildings were constructed of brick and wood.
What St. Louis scandal saw tax revenue agents divert profits from certain alcohol production?
Whisky Ring Scandal
What was the name of the spiritual-religious movement that spread around the Native American population, in which a religious ceremony sought to change Native American life?
Ghost Dance
The Transcontinental Railroad lined the east and west coast at Promontory Point in what U.S. Territory at the time?
Utah
The Wild West ended around 1912 when what two territories became U.S. States? Name One.
Arizona and New Mexico