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8SS_OldWest
The Old West (Kendall)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was gold discovered in 1848? | Sutter's Mill |
| What was a ghost town? | an abandoned town |
| What is an "iron horse?" | a railroad train |
| What was a tent city? | a town of people settling in tents |
| Who was Geronimo? | a fierce Apache leader who vowed revenge on the "white man" after his family was killed |
| Who was George Custer? | An officer in the Army who led his soldiers in the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| Who was Sitting Bull? | An Indian Chief who wrote to the US Army troops when they drove him off his land |
| What is the Transcontinental Railroad? | a railroad that stretched across the country from the east coast to the west coast |
| What is a prospector/miner? | a person who moved out west in search of gold or silver |
| What was the Homestead Act of 1862? | it stated you could get 160 acres of free land if you used it for 5 years |
| What is a boom town? | a town that developed around a site where gold or silver was found |
| What is a strike? | a piece of land filled with gold |
| What 2 train companies raced to build the first Transcontinental Railroad? | Central Pacific & Union Pacific |
| Where did the two rail lines come together? | Promontory Point |
| What was used between the final two tracks? | a golden spike |
| What is a reservation? | land set aside for Native Americans to live on |
| What is a cattle drive? | when herds of longhorns are herded over hundreds of miles |
| Who roamed the west committing various criminal acts? | outlaws and bandits |
| What town developed a wild reputation? | Dodge City |
| What party ran as politicians for the people? | Populist Party |
| Who was a railroad mogul? | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Who was an oil mogul? | John D. Rockefeller |
| Who was a steel mogul? | Andrew Carnegie |
| Who invented the telegraph? | Samuel Morse |
| What did Granville Woods invent? | a way to send telegraphs between trains |
| Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
| What did Thomas Edison invent? | light bulb phonograph movie projector power plants |
| What other two items were invented during this time period? | typewriter and camera |
| Who invented the automobile? | no single person |
| Who revolutionized the auto industry? | Henry Ford |
| How did Henry Ford revolutionize the auto industry? | by developing the assembly line |
| Who had their first successful airplane flight? | the Wright Brothers |
| Where was the first successful airplane flight? | Kitty Hawk |
| What is an entrepreneur? | someone who sets up a new business |
| What is a corporation? | a larger successful business with many investors |
| What is a monopoly? | a company that controls most of the business in a particular industry |
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