8th grade history

Question 0

Boom towns

Towns that formed around mines where people, could sell stuff

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Question 1

California good rush

There was a large amount of gold in. Cali and many people rushed to get some

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Question 2

Ghost towns

After the mines where empty boom towns died off

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Question 3

Ore

Precious meterial in rock

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Question 4

Transcontinental railroad

A railroad that connect east to west

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Question 5

Subsidies

The government gives you land

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Question 6

Union Pacific +central pacific compenies

These company’s built the railroad

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Question 7

Promontory point UT

This is where the transcontinental railroad met

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Question 8

Vigilante communities

were formed to track down and punsih law breakers
They acted as judge and jury and often hung those they found guilty

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Question 9

Homestead act

This act helped people move out to the plains cheap and easy but there were rules

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Question 10

Oklahoma land rush

A lot of land was free in Oklahoma and who ever got there first got it

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Question 11

Sooners

The people who cheated and got thier early

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Question 12

Nomadic

moved in search of food

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Question 13

Buffalo

The Indians primary food source

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Question 14

Indian peace commission.

created two large reservations on the plains
The bureau of Indian affairs would run the reservation and the U.S. Army would deal with any group that did not report to or remain on the reservation

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Question 15

Dawes act

1887 the daws act proposed to break up the reservation and to end identical ion with tribal groups
Native Americans wanted to get citizenship and givin plot.

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Question 16

Assimilation

Absorbing into society

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Question 17

Chisholm trail

Cattle drives used this trail through mountains

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