Blank Jeopardy

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Vocabulary
Mining and Railroads
Native Americans Struggle to Survive
The Cattle Kingdom
Farming in the West
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What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

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A railroad that spanned the continent
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What is a reservation
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Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
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What is a sod buster?
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Plains farmers
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What is a open range?
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Unfenced land
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What is a vigilante?
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Self appointed law keepers
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Who owned the land that prospectors found gold on
before the Civil War?
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Henry Comstock
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What happened to towns after the Ore was
extracted from the mines?
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They died away
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What was the name of one of the Transcontinental
Railroad companies?
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Central Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad
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What was created by people because of the
Railroads?
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Towns
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What did the government give to people/businesses
to move west?- Vocab word
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Subsidies
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How did Plains people live?
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Gathering, hunting and fishing
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What did the Natives get when they traded with
the British and French?
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Technology-More specifically, guns
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What did the Fort Laramie Treaty try to do?
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US officials wanted Native Americans to stop
following buffalo, promising if they settled
down, and the government would protect their
land.
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Describe the Sand Creek Massacre?
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As a response by the Native Americans to give up
their lands, they attacked supply trains and
homes. The response to this was that about 700
people attacked the Cheyenne tribe. They raised
a white flag but 100 people from the tribe were
killed anyway.
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What happened to Colonel George Custer and his
men?
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They were all killed
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Why was being a cowhand dangerous?
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They could be stampeded or taken away by a river
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What people rounded up the stray cattle to sell?
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Texans with the railroads
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What did Americans learn from the Vaqueros?
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To rope, ride and brand the animals
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What types of businesses were built in the cow
towns? Name 2
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Dance halls, saloons, hotels and restaurants
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What killed millions of cattle?
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Scorching summers and frigid winters
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What did homesteaders have to do to get free land?
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Farm the land for five years
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What brand did farmers buywho made plows of
steel?
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John Deere
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What were the jobs of women on the farm? Name 3.
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Women kept the house, planted and harvested,
educated the children, made clothes, preserved
food and made basics like candles and soap
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Who won the 1896 election?
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William McKinley
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Explain Supply v. Demand
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As supply goes up, demand/prices go down, as
supply decreases, demand/prices go up.