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100
What is 3 days
What was the number of days the government made the people wait before lining up for the Land Run?
100
What is longhorn cattle
What is type of cattle was very plentiful in Texas?
100
What is 160 acres
How many acres did each homestead have?
100
Turnips
What was the big cash crop?
100
What is called no man's land
What was the panhandle of Oklahoma called?
200
What is Noon
What time did the race for Oklahoma start?
200
What is a round up
What is it called when all the cattle are gathered together?
200
What is the Land Run
What is the race that the government decided to have in have for Oklahoma?
200
What is an oath
What did the settlers have to sign stating that they were not a sooner?
200
Who was the biscuit shooter
Who was in charge of cooking the food and acted as a doctor if someone was hurt?
300
Who are the Sooners
Who were the people who hid behind bushes and trees that tried to claim land before the race officially started?
300
What is branding
What is the mark that is burned on the cattle called?
300
Who is the Creeks and Seminoles
Which tribes went to Washington & agreed to give up their claims to the unassigned land?
300
What is a windmill
What did the homesteaders use to pump water?
300
Who was the Trail Boss
Who was the man who was in charge of the herd and decided who got hired and fired?
400
What is 15,000
What is the number of people that settled in this small town called Gutherie after the Land Run?
400
What is a stampede
What is it called when the cattle are spooked and begin to run in all different directions?
400
Bugle, Three white flags, cannon, etc.
What is one of the ways the race was signaled?
400
What is muddy
What happened to the home when it was raining outside?
400
Running, Jumping off trains, horses, wagons, bicycle, etc.
What are two ways people raced to get their land?
500
Who are the Boomers
Who was trying to settle in the unassigned land?
500
Who is the drover
Whose job was it to kept the cattle together and sang to the cattle to calm them down?
500
Must be 21 or head of the household Pay a small fee Live there for at least 5 years Make improvements to the land
What are the 4 requirements to owning a homestead?
500
What is sod
What were the homes mostly made of?
500
What is devil wire
What did the cowboys call “barbed wire”?