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1
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How many people did a territory need to become a state?

A

60,000

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2
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What was the name of the houses the homesteaders built on the plains?

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Sod-houses

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3
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How many acres did the Homestead Act of 1862 allow people to claim?

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160 acres

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4
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How much money did the US government offer the Sioux for the Black Hills?

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$6 million

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5
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What did the Dawes Act in 1887 give Indian families if they chose to leave the reservation?

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A 160-acre piece of land

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6
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How many Indians were killed within the first 10 minutes of the Wounded Knee Massacre?

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150-250 Indians

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7
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When did Brigham Young become leader of the Mormons?

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1845

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8
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When did Lincoln make the Emancipation Proclamation?

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New Year’s Day 1863

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9
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How many southern states broke away from the US by June 1861?

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11

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10
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When was the Homestead Act?

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1862

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11
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When was the first fort Laramie treaty and what did it do?

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1851, led to creation of reservations

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12
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When was the Dawes Act?

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1887

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13
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When was Little Crow’s War?

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August 1862

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14
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Who was the first homesteader allocated land in 1863?

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Daniel Freeman

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15
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Which state left the Union first?

A

South Carolina

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16
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Who led the Americans in the Battle of Little Big Horn?

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General George Custer

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17
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What year did the Donner Family leave for the west?

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1846

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18
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What trail did the Donner Family take?

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Hastings Cutoff

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19
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When was the Book of Mormons published?

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1830

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20
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How and when did Joseph Smith die?

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1844, an anti-Mormon mob attacked and killed him.

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21
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When did the Mormons move to Salt Lake City, Utah?

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1846

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22
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When and where was gold first discovered?

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January 24th 1848, Sutter’s Mill, California

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23
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When did California become a state?

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1850

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24
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Give an example of a man who made money out of the 49’ers.

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Sam Brandon - $2,000 a day in profit (mining shop), sold items for x10 the price.

25
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What did the Mormons call the non-Mormons?

A

Gentiles

26
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How many Mormons did Young move to Utah?

A

16,000

27
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What did the 1830 Indians Removal Act do?

A

Created a permanent Indian frontier which was a border along the Mississippi. It was Indian territory.

28
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What percentage of America was settled as a result of the Homestead Act?

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10%

29
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When did the Transcontinental Railroad start/end?

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1860-1869

30
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How many acres did the government give for every mile of railroad track built?

A

12,000 acres

31
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When was the Sandcreek Massacre?

A

1864

32
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Who was the General who led the Colorado Militia in the Sandcreek Massacre?

A

General Chivington

33
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How many were killed at the Sandcreek Massacre?

A

150 Cheyenne men, women and children.

34
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How many men did Chivington have in the Sandcreek Massacre?

A

700-strong calvary

35
Q

What was the cause of Redcloud’s war in 1865-68?

A

1862 Montana Gold Rush - New Bozeman Trail broke Fort Laramie Treaty.

36
Q

When was Fetterman’s Massacre?

A

1866

37
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How many loggers were lured out by the Sioux in the Fetterman Massacre?

A

80

38
Q

When was the Great Sioux Reservation set up?

A

1868

39
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When was the Mountain Meadow Massacre?

A

1857-58

40
Q

How many deaths were there in the Civil War?

A

750,000 deaths

41
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What percentage of the railroad was in the north?

A

85%

42
Q

What did the 14th Amendment do?

A

All people born in the US were citizens.

43
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What did the 15th Amendment do?

A

voting couldn’t he decided based on race.

44
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What counter laws were deployed in the South after the 15th Amendment which caused segregation?

A

Jim Crow Laws

45
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Who was president in 1868?

A

Ulysses S Grant

46
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When were all southern states readmitted into the union by?

A

1870

47
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Who was the first black senator?

A

Hiram Revels of Mississippi

48
Q

How match did slave owners lose from the abolition of slavery?

A

$2 billion

49
Q

Who were carpetbaggers?

A

Northerners who came south to fill their empty bags with southern riches.

50
Q

Who were Scallywags?

A

Poorer farmers in the south who didn’t own slaves and supported the Union.

51
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When did the KKK begin?

A

1866

52
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What direction did the Union Pacific Company go from and to?

A

East to West

53
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What direction did the Central Pacific company go from and to?

A

West to East

54
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Who and when was the windmill invented to pump water from underground?

A

Daniel Halliday 1874

55
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What wheat was introduced that survived the Plains harm environment?

A

Turkey Red Wheat

56
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Who and when was barbed wire discovered?

A

Joseph Glidden, 1874

57
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When was the southern buffalo herd destroyed?

A

1875

58
Q

When was the Battle of Wounded knee?

A

1890

59
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When was the battle of Little Big Horn?

A

June 1876

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