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Who was billy the kid

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A boy who committed many crimes

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Why did the Indians move into the plains

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The European settlers

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What was the disease the Texas longhorn cow gave out

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The longhorn fever

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Who were the first white Americans to move west ?

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Mountain men

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What was the main trail many settlers used to cross

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The Oregon trail

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How many settlers made the journey across

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1500

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What mountain range did the settlers have to cross to go west

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The Rockies

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When did the gold rush start ?

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1849

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We’re was the gold rush ?

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California

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Who was the leader of the Donner party ?

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George Donner

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How many ppl were in the Donner party

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80

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When did the Donner party to travel

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May 1846

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When was the homestead act?

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1862

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What did the homestead act allow

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People to buy a home and start a new life

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What were cowboys

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They were ex balck slaves

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Who were the Mormons

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A particular sect of the Christian church

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What was Abilene known for ?

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It’s cow town

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When was the Abilene cow town made

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1867

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What does nomadic mean

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To move around places

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What did the Indians follow

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The buffalo

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What is the plains war

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Where the US soldiers tried to make the plains Indians give up their land , finally they were put on reservations

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When was sand creek massacre

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1864

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When was the battle of Little Bighorn

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1876

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When was the battle of Little Bighorn

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1876

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How long did the battle of Little Bighorn last

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1 day

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Who won the battle of Little Bighorn

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Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho victory the US didn’t succeed

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When was the railroad act

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1862

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What was a benefit of the railroad act of 1862

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It allowed people to travel west easier

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What were the pinkertons

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A vigilante group that were hired to assassinate criminals

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Who did the pinkertons famously assassinate

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Jesse James, the Reno Gang, and the Wild Bunch

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What were the Reno gang known to do

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Seize trains and steal the money off the passengers

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What was a problem faced by farmers

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Law and order

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What is meant by manifest destiny

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the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

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How much was a cow in the Texas cow town

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80 dollars

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What is open range

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unfenced land which was free for anyone to use

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How did the open range method end

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Ranchers hadover-grazedthe plains. Overstocking had also led to a fall in prices

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What caused the herds of cows to increase rapidly

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The civil war in 1861

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What was the long drive

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Where the demand for beef was very high so the Texans drove their cattle north on along driveto Sedalia in Missouri, where they were loaded onto trains for Chicago.

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What was the dance Indians performed which they believed would bring buffalo close to them

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Mandan Buffalo Dance

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What was the sun dance

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a structure with a central pole signifying the sun, from which the young men hung themselves by their nipples.

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What was the native Americans religion

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Animistic- belief in stones nature and trees

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