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Great Plains Features
Westward Expansion
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Invented to keep cattle on the right property.
What is barbed wire
100
The technological invention that aided westward expansion
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
100
This invention allowed farmers to break through the tough prairie sod
What is the Steel Plow
100
Native Americans were forced to relocate to these
What are reservations
100
Provided free land to any settler who paid a filing fee
What is the Homestead Act
200
Also called a Vaquero
What is a hispanic ranch hand or cowboy
200
Described as a frequent storm in the Great Plains
What is a Dust storm
200
The widespread use of these led to a necessity for common time
What are railroads
200
This animal was an essential link in the lives of Native Americans
What is the Buffalo
200
This amount of land was given away to anyone who qualified for a claim
What is 160 acres
300
An area of public land set aside for Native Americans
What is a Reservation
300
To fulfill a desire for adventure
What is a reason to move west
300
Moving West was the start of a new beginning for these two groups
What are African Americans and women
300
This battle saw the defeat and annihilation of Custer's Army
What is The Battle of Little Big Horn
300
This had to be built (include size)in order to claim the free land
What is a 12 x 14 dwelling
400
This type of House was often built in the plains
What is a sodhouse
400
the purpose of this technology was to link the eastern and western states
What is the Transcontinental railroad
400
Before the Civil war, this was a popular description of the Great Plains
What is a Treeless wasteland
400
The banned religious dance was a pre-cursor to the Massacre at Wounded Knee
What is the Ghost Dance
400
Correctly spell this word
What is opportunity
500
When a mining boom town went "bust" this was left in it's ashes
What is a Ghost Town
500
These two adaptations dealt specifically with the lack of rain in the Great Plains
What are dry farming and the windmill
500
4 (Hint 1883)
What are the number of time zones
500
These two chiefs led the Native Americans in a victorious battle for the Black Hills in the Dakotas
Who Are Chief Sitting Bull and Chief Crazy Horse
500
The city and state where the Golden spike was laid
What is Promontory Point, Utah