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What was the biggest boomtown

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Virginia city Nevada

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Fools gold

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Pirate

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What did the railroads need

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Iron, steel, coal, it helped jobs and changed time

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stores where farmers bought goods from each other, paid with cash only they eventually failed because of the shortage of cash

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Coops

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The 7 goals

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  1. Government owned railroads
  2. Free silver would put more money in circulation
  3. Limit the president to 1 term in office
  4. Direct election of senators
  5. Voting with a secret ballot
  6. Shorter working hours
  7. Federal income tax 16th amendment
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What is the term when railroad construction made possible when government gave them something

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Subsidies

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This was the most famous boomtown

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Virginia city

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1858 bunch of miners found huge amount of gold in

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Pikes peak

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Took maters into own hands

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Vigilantes

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Blacks migrated to west

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Exodusters

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In mining terms it’s a rock

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Ore

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Name of the railroad from Omaha

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Union Pacific

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Another name for dried buffalo meat

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Jerky

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At what place did railroad meet and who was the governor who drove last stake

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Prom entry point

Stanford

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Populist party canadate

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James weaver

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During the mistreatment place put aside for blacks

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Reservation

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Cow towns

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Dodge city
Abilene
Cheyenne

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Chivington was responsible for this massacre

A

Sand creek

18
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These 2 territories were set aside for Indian reservation

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Dakota and Oklahoma

19
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Farmer 3 complaints

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Railroads
Bankers
Eastern manufacturer

20
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He sold one of the most richest places to mining company

A

Comstock

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Apache chef last Indian to surrender

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Geronimo

22
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In the election of 1896 Bryan defeated by who

A

McKinley

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Farmers organization

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Farmers alliance

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A store only cash

A

Coops

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2 reasons to make it easier to settle in Great Plains

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Free land railroads

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3 metal

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Copper

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Indian with famous quote

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Chief Joseph

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What was the name of breed of cattle

A

Long horns

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Who wrote the book a century of dishonor

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Ellen hunt Jackson

30
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Another name for fools gold

A

Pyrite

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1883 time zones

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32
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Why did the coops fail

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Not enough cash

33
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What organization came up with cash coops

A

Grange

34
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Closed frontier

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1890

35
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Biggest thing ruined populist party

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Racial differences

36
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Who won election of 1892

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Cleveland

37
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Longest long drive

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Chisholm trail

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