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Question 1

The victory at the battle of San Jacinto gave Texas it’s independence from what

Answer 1

Mexico

Question 2

Brigham young led the what party to the great Salt Lake in Utah

Answer 2

Mormon

Question 3

James W Marshall discovered gold at what sawmill

Answer 3

Setters

Question 4

The discovery of what and California greatly accelerated American westward expansion

Answer 4

Gold

Question 5

When there was no law on the Western front tier citizens formed what committees

Answer 5

Vigilance

Question 6

The Homestead act gave how many acres of free land to homesteaders

Answer 6

160

Question 7

J.H. Tunstall and company and the LG Murphy and company were two rival companies in where, New Mexico

Answer 7

Lincoln county

Question 8

And Arizona territory range war between cattlemen and sheepherders was called the Graham Tewksbury feud or the what war?

Answer 8

Pleasant valley

Question 9

What war was a result of cattle rustling

Answer 9

Pleasant valley

Question 10

The famous Concorde coach was built by who and Jay Stevens Abbet in Concorde New Hampshire

Answer 10

Louis downing

Question 11

In 1860 the pony express was organized to carry US mail between Saint Joseph Missouri and what California

Answer 11

Sacramento

Question 12

The what Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad where the two railroad companies that were charted to complete the first American transcontinental railroad

Answer 12

Union

Question 13

The two railroads met at Promontory point near Ogden where and a Golden Spike was driven to fasten the last railroad tie

Answer 13

Utah

Question 14

The what Indian wars begin in Minnesota and 1862 and lasted 30 years

Answer 14

Plains

Question 15

Colonel Chivington of the second Colorado Calvary ordered an unprovoked attack on chief who and the defense of Cheyenne village at Sandcreek killing 300 Indians

Answer 15

Black kettle

Question 16

At the Little Big Horn colonel who disobeyed direct orders and initiated an attack that brought death to 265 men of the seventh Calvary (including himself)

Answer 16

George Armstrong Custer

Question 17

Colonel who in the seventh Calvary met big foot and the Sioux at wounded knee Creek; during the peace process fighting a Repton and over 200 Indians were killed

Answer 17

Forsyth

Question 18

General who, who have lost an arm during the war between states, was a Bible caring Christian and friend to the Indians

Answer 18

0.0. Howard

Question 19

Chief Joseph said “from where the sun now stands I will what no more forever!”

Answer 19

Fight

Question 20

The what and the what are the two tribes of the south west that had the greatest impact on American history

Answer 20

Navajo; Apache

Question 21

United States Army sent to Kit Carson to defeat the what

Answer 21

Navajo

Question 22

The Apache war started because who was falsely accused of kidnapping a boy

Answer 22

Cochise

Question 23

Tom Jeffords, or Taglito (red beard), was known and trusted by the Apache and became their Indian what

Answer 23

Agent

Question 24

Cochise surrendered to Tom Jeffer and general Howard but who refused to surrender and invaded capture for 14 years

Answer 24

Geronimo

Question 25

The giant sequoia are named after and what

Answer 25

Indian

Question 26

The oldest and most massive Sierra Sequoia is what; the second largest tree is named the what and was designated by the United States Congress as a national shrine honoring the American war debt

Answer 26

General Sherman; General Grant

Question 27

Major who led the first expedition down the green in Colorado River’s to explore the Grand Canyon

Answer 27

John Wesley Powell