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Who coined the term ‘Manifest Destiny’?

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John L. O’Sullivan

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Who first found gold in California?

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James Marshall

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Who started the Mormon movement?

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Joseph Smith

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What were Joseph Smith’s key successes?

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Convincing people to join him

Founding an organisation

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What were Joseph Smith’s failures?

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Dictator
Provoked non-believers in East
Didn’t see his vision completed

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Who took over the Mormons when Joseph Smith died in 1844?

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Brigham Young

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What were Brigham Young’s key successes?

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Organised and executed move to Salt Lake
Planned and built Salt Lake City
Minimalised casualties in voyage

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What were Brigham Young’s failures?

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Lack of industry in Salt Lake City

Allowed Mountain Meadow Massacre to happen

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Who led the James Younger Gang?

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Jesse James

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What did the James Younger Gang do?

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Stole from corrupt corperate organisations - banks, railway companies and wagon trains

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What did Charles Goodnight do?

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Expanded the cattle industry by showing how beef was a good food source for the army, the natives and the people

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Who discovered that cattle could survive a winter on the Plains?

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John Iliff

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What did Joseph McCoy do?

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Created cowtowns, which improved profits

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Which engineer did the calculations the Western railroad company needed to navigate the Sierra Nevada mountains?

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Theodore Juda

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What did James Strobridge do?

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Lead the Western railroad company

Supported the Asian migrant workers

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What did Grenville Dodge do?

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Lead the Eastern railroad company

Brought in the army to exterminate the natives, who were slowing progress

17
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Who was in charge of law and order for the eastern railroad company?

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Jack Casement (he was a big user of lynch-law)

18
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What problems did the Donner party face?

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Couldn’t move - deep snow
Starvation
Hyperthermia

19
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Name 3 gunfighters

A

Wild Bill Hickok
John Wesley Hardin
Billy the Kid

20
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How many people did the gunfighters kill?

A

About 5-10 people each

21
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Who are famous train robbers that created an impression of a ‘wild’ west?

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

22
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Why did Little Crow lead an attack on an Indian agency?

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The natives on his reservation were not being given good enough land to farm or food to survive

23
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Why did Red Cloud attack the US Army?

A

The government negotiated in bad faith by setting up army camps on Red Cloud’s route

24
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Which army general lead troops to a crushing defeat at Little Bighorn?

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George Custer

25
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Why did Custer refuse extra soldiers and Gatling guns?

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He wanted glory for himself and his own cavalry

26
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How did Custer fail tactically?

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He split his troops up into three groups, which were all outnumbered

27
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Who blamed Custer for defeat, to save embarrassment for the whole army?

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General Sheridan

28
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Which native chiefs masterminded the victory at Little Bighorn?

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Sitting Bull (organisational skills)
Crazy Horse (tactics)

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