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100

_______ gave the Louisiana Territory to ________.

Spain to France

100

What was the term given to America's "obvious fate" to settle all land to the Pacific Ocean?

manifest destiny

100

What was the short lived mail service that carried messages on a route 2,000 miles long.

The Pony Express

100

Who lead the Sioux Indians against the US Army?

Crazy Horse

100

Thousands of southern African Americans, known as _______________, moved to Kansas and other areas in the West.

Exodusters

200

Settlers depended on this river to move products East.

Mississippi River

200

What was the name of the huge deposit of gold and silver found in Nevada in 1859

Comstock Lode

200

What was the train line that connects the East and West of America called?

The Transcontinental Railroad 

200

What is the name of the areas set aside for Native American to live on?

Reservations 

200

Breaking up tough turf on the Plains earned farmers the nickname ____________.

sodbusters

300

How much did the US buy the Louisiana Purchase for?

15 million

300

Name of the towns that grew quickly when a mine opened and often disappeared quickly when the mine closed.

Boomtowns

300

What system of time did the railroad create?

Standard Time

300

Black cavalry soldiers were given this name by the Natives.

Buffalo Soldiers

300

Farmers began __________, growing hardy crops such as red wheat.

dry farming

400

What two men led the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase? 

Lewis and Clark

400

 What was a popular route for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas?

The Chisholm Trail

400
What was the railroad contracted to start in Sacramento, California and build west?

Central Pacific

400

Who lead the Apache against the US Army?

Geronimo

400

________________, a founder of Chico, California, supported  many social causes.

Annie Bidwell

500
What was the name of the Shoshone woman that served as a guide and interpreter? 

Sacagawea

500

What was invented that ended the days of the great cattle drives?

barbed wire

500

Name the city the two railroad met in and connected the two tracks with a golden spike?

Promontory, Utah

500

Name of the Battle referred to as Custer's Last Stand?

Battle of Little Bighorn

500

What was the social and educational organization that called for laws to regulate railroad rates.

National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry