What's the matter?
What is anything that has mass and takes up space called?
matter
What crossed the United States that dramatically changed transportation to the West?
the transcontinental railroad
Which president wanted the transcontinental railroad?
Abraham Lincoln
What state did most of the longhorns come from?
Texas
What is one example of each of the three states of matter?
solid:
liquid:
gas:
What are the three states of matter?
solid, liquid, gas
What were two natural resources that miners searched for in the west?
gold and silver
What was Wild Bill Hickok's job?
lawman, or sheriff, of Abilene
In which state did the two railroad companies meet up?
Utah
Which state of matter has a definite shape AND volume?
solid
What is the process of a liquid changing to a gas?
evaporation
Spanish settlers brought what animal to the southern United States?
longhorns
Who was Ezra Fisher?
a famous missionary to the west
What was the name of the cow town and the state where most cowboys brought their cattle?
Abilene, Kansas
Chief Crazy Horse
Chief Sitting Bull
What is the process of a gas changing to a liquid?
condensation
What were mining towns called that grew quickly?
boomtowns
Who was the famous author who wrote about her childhood as a homesteader?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Which state did tens of thousands of people race to on April 22, 1889?
Oklahoma
What were homesteaders called who lived out on the prairie?
sodbusters
At what temperature does ice melt?
32 degrees F or higher
0 degrees C or higher
Why were some people called Sooners during the Oklahoma Land Rush?
they cheated and claimed land early
Which colonel was killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
George Custer
The Central Pacific Railroad Company started from the state of _____________ and worked their way east.
California
What state of matter has no definite shape OR volume?
gas