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Can you tell me something important that happened in
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| In 1865 the beginning of the Civil war is taking place, but this has to be relevant to Westward Expansion so the Central Pacific hired 10,000 Chinese laborers to work on the beginning of the first transcontinental railroad |
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| Can you tell me about how much would a bundle of wheat at a farmers market in 1866 be if you were buying just ONE bundle be? |
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| A normal bundle of wheat in 1866 would cost about $1.45 |
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| A series of attacks of Native Americans took place while seeking revenge or fighting for land that the Native Americans own until 1867 where series of attacks stopped, can you tell me what were the two main Native American tribes that attacked? |
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| The two main Native American tribes that attacked before 1867 were the Sioux tribe and the Cheyenne tribe. |
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Americans wanted more land to settle in, but most of the land was owned by Native Americans so what was done for the Americans to take the Native American owned land?
(hint: this took place in 1868) |
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| The signing of the treaty of 1868 gave Americans more land and put Native Americans in a reservation. |
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| Can you list an event in 1869 that opened the whole continent to new settlers and travelers? |
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| Finally in 1869 the first transcontinental railroad is finally completed opening the continent and giving the railroad companies extra money. |
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| Before 1870 the population of Virginia City Nevada is around 5,000, Can you tell me about the population of that same city in 1870? |
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| In ten years the population multiplied six times from before 1870 (about 5,000) into the population of 30,000 during 1870. |
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A ____ ____ is a town that is deserted and no one is around.
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| A ghost town is a deserted town that no one is around. |
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| In 1876 1 state joined the union, in 1889 4 more states joined the union, can you list all of these states? |
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1876: Colorado
1889: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington |
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| In 1890 two more states joined the Union, can you list these two newly joined states? |
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| Wyoming and Idaho joined the Union in 1890. |
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______ is financial help with building railroads on land that might be expensive, some of the money from taxes helps pay this of.
Can you fill in the blank? |
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| The answer is... Subsidies. |
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Transcontinental means __________.
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| Such as the transcontinental railroad, transcontinental means all over a continent. |
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| Can you tell me what the Comstock Lode is? |
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| In Nevada in the Carson river a pocket of silver was found, the reason it is called the Comstock Lode is that the river was in the property of Henry Comstock. |
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In 1869 this railroad was completed. |
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| The first transcontinental railroad! |
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| There is a word called homogeneous can you tell me what this word means? |
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| Homogeneous means that something is alike in some ways. |
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______ is burning a hot metal into skin of a person or animal that is owned or being punished.
can you fill in the blank? |
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| The answer is.... Branding. |
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A ___ ___ is when you herd cattle to long distances to put them on trains to sell or sell right away.
Can you fill in the blank? |
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| The answer is... A long drive. |
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| Can you tell me what a cowhand is? |
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| Somebody that herds or owns cattle. |
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| What would be a good definition for a "rustler"? |
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| A rustler is a thief that steals then sells cattle, or takes cattle for his own that is somebody else's cattle. |
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| A _____ is when thousands of cattle/cows/longhorns run in a group, usually scared and is running away from something/someone. |
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| The answer is.... a stampede |
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| Do you know what a vaquero is? Give me a good definition. |
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| A vaquero is a cowhand that brought Hispanic traditions into working/herding cattle, here are some examples: Riding longhorns, roping cows, and branding cattle. |
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A ___ ____ is a farmer farming on the plains.
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| The answer is...sodbusters, The reason they are called sodbusters is that farmers in the plains had tactics like dry farming where you put a seed deep into the ground and let it rise out of the ground, but in order for this you had to sometimes break sod from the top of the seed hole. |
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| Sod busters have an old tactic called dry farming, can you tell me what you would define as dry farming? |
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| Dry farming, used in the West where the top soil is sod, and dried mud, but sod busters got rid of that problem (for the most part), to dry farm you put a seed deep into the soil and keep the soil on top from covering the seed(sod) and let the seed grow out into open and let it grow from there on. |
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Crazy Horse, a Sioux military leader led Sioux troops into a trap by accident, this also started a massacre, can you tell me what massacre this is? |
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| The massacre is called the Fetterman Massacre. |
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This Native American leader refused to sell even a pinch of land to land hungry Americans, can you tell me who this leader is? |
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| This Native American Leader's name is Sitting Bull. |
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The Native American leader _________ is the leader of the Apache tribe, he also would trust Americans but sometimes they are untrustworthy.
can you fill in the blank? |
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| The answer of the Apache Native American leader is Geronimo. |
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| Can you tell me some information on the Wounded Knee? |
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Definition
| 1887, The name "Wounded Knee" came from the creek that the fight took place on, in that fight about 200 Sioux warriors were killed and 25 American soldiers were killed, this signified the last of the battles of Americans and Native Americans. |
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| Can you tell me a little about the people that lived on The Great Plains? |
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| The Great Plains were homes to many Native American Tribes such as the Crow, and Sioux tribes, The Great Plains were also homes to many Americans, African Americans, and farmers that farmed on the Great Plains |
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| Farmers and American settlers used ___ _____, this was made of stripped sod and stacked up and made into a house. |
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| The answer is.... A sod house. |
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| A ___ ____, usually made by and used by Native Americans are made up of a cone like structure called a tepee which is covered with tanned buffalo skin, and carried around the plains, this is also a roomy house enough for a fire and to lay down. |
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| A Skin house is the answer. |
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| Farmers needed help with education, fellowship, and maybe some financial support, can you tell me who could make this happen? |
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| The National Grange helped local farmers out. |
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| The _____ ______ is just like the National Grange except it offered help for Americans and African Americans. |
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| The Farmers Alliance helped Americans and African Americans. |
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| There are some Native Americans that are nomadic, can you tell me what nomadic means? |
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| A good definition for nomadic would be always moving around looking for resources. |
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The battle of ______ ___ ____ took place in the ____ ____ which was a Native American reservation where there were rumors of gold in the ___ ____, but no white people were allowed in the ____ ____ but that didn't stop white people so the battle of Little Big Horn came to be, which also leaded to General Custer's army's lost.
Can you fill in the blank, they are all the same blanks. |
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| The answer is the Black hills. |
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| In 1887 the Dawes Act was released can you tell me basically was the meaning of the Dawes Act? |
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Definition
| The Dawes Act removed private land and removed nomadic traditions from Native Americans, and also allowed Native Americans to be farmers. |
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Native Americans were sometimes put into ________ for there land, the more growth of the Americans needed more space.
Can you tell me what are in the blanks? |
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| Native Americans were put into reservations that were sometimes unfair and the Native Americans were cheated. |
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Native Americans have different ________ they might believe in different things or feel a different way of life.
Can you fill in the blank? |
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| Different Native Americans have different traditions. |
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| Do you know a little bit about farming? Can you tell me some of the challenges that these farmers had? |
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Definition
| Farmers had their work cut out for them, they spent most of their time farming and making cash crops, they sometimes had to herd the cattle, then in the Summer there are thousands of grasshoppers eating crops then in the Winter the cattle might get trapped and die, same with plants. |
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in 1889 the ______ ____ ____ was a crazy moment in history, since Oklahoma was becoming a state many people have there reservations for their land were set and tens of thousands of people were waiting on the border to head straight to there plot and start an economic life.
Can you fill in the blank? |
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| The Oklahoma Land Rush gave new land to those that did not and gave new economic opportunities. |
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| In the West there were towns called cow towns, can you tell me a little about it? |
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| A cow town is a shipment town where a trip to the nearest cow town where you would load your cattle on a train to Northern and Eastern states to sell. |
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These are Homesteaders, can you tell me a little about them? |
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| A homesteader would be an independent farmer that is sometimes paid to go live and "act" like a homesteader to attract people to be a homesteader, not only that is how to advertise for being a homesteader, people post posters or advertise on transportation and buildings. |
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