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history quizx
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the battle of little big horn took place in | montana |
| the tribes that resettled in present-day oklahoma were.. | the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Comanche, and Arapho nations |
| people in boomtowns... | mined and/or worked and went to church on sunday. There were not many laws in boomtowns. |
| it was hard to build the transcontinental railroad because of the... | hot planes, rocky mountains and the sierra nevada mountains |
| some boomtowns survived because.. | more was usually found there so people from other boomtowns left to go to that boomtown |
| the coming of the railroad attracted people because... | it produced more trade and it was easier to get to the west than the oregon trail. |
| open range | not fenced in or divided into lots |
| brand | symbol |
| vaqueros | hispanic ranch hand |
| homestead | earn ownership of land by settling on it |
| dry farming | a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture |
| sodbuster | a name given to the Plains farmers |
| cow towns developed next to railroads to... | market and ship cattle |
| The "Cattle Kingdom" came to an end due to.. | overgrazing, very cold winters and more supply and less demand |
| Homestead act helped... | settlers get free land and african americans and woman start different lifestyles |
| national grange | the first farmers' organization in the united states |
| cooperative | store where farmers bought products from each other |
| populist party | u.s. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government run railroads and other monopolies |
| free silver | the unlimited production of silver coins |
| the candidates for the election of 1896 were | William McKinley and William jennings bryan |
| some of the farmer's problems were | high interest for borrowing money and storing crops, rising costs for transporting their goods and for buying seeds and equipment, and the price of a bushel of wheat dropped |
| some of the actions farmers took to address their problems were | the Populist Party, granges, and alliances |