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banana
Go to last place!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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gift
Win 25 points!
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banana
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eraser
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gift
Win 15 points!
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rocket
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banana
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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fairy
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thief
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What was the exodus of 1879?
When thousands of freed slaves moved out west to settle.
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What was the last great violent dispute in the West called & what happened?
The Wounded Knee Massacre is when U.S. troops fired on defenseless Sioux after a deaf person didn't understand orders.
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What brought lots of people into Colorado in 1858? What happened there after that?
Gold near Pikes Peak. Most didn't find gold but stayed to farm or ranch.
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magnet
Take 20 points!
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fairy
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banana
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What was the name of the gold and silver mine on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada?
The Comstock Lode
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Why did many of the new immigrants come to the United States?
to escape religious/ political persecution & economic hardship
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Why did the cattle drivers begin to disappear and who were they replaced with?
Cattle drivers fenced in their land and became ranchers.
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What happened so Sioux were forced off their reservation in Black Hills, SD & Wyoming?
In 1874, gold was found. Gold seekers swarmed area & it got violent, resulting in Sioux war?
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What did Joseph Farwell Glidden invent and why was it needed?
The idea of spinning steel strands into barbed wire used for fencing to keep cattle in and out of crop fields.
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How did the railroad affect the cowboys as they drove their cattle north in the summer to graze?
They could sell their cattle and have them shipped on the railroad.
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From what 2 places did the people come from to make the cities' population explode?
From farms and from other countries (immigrants)
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What was the most famous battle of the Sioux War & what happened?
The Battle of Little Bighorn. Col. Custer's Last Stand failed and all of Custer's men were killed.
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Who mostly used the Great Plains from about 1870-1890?
Cowboys or cattle drivers
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