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#7 What did the Dawes Act do?

It wanted to assimilate the Indians into American life. It gave them 160 acres to farm.

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#2 - 3 jobs a cowboy might have on the cattle drive

trail boss, point man, swing man, flank man, drag man, wrangler, cook

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#14 What did the meatpackers do?

shipped fresh meat in ice and sent them East on the railroads

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#11 - 1 famous outlaw of the West

Bill the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, Black Bart, the Dalton Gang

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#17 What age group were most cowboys?

teen-young adult

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#20 What group of Americans did not like the gold standard?

Westerners (especially silver miners)

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baam

Lose 5 points!

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gift

Win 15 points!

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fairy

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lifesaver

Give 5 points!

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#23 - 3 problems for farmers/homesteaders on the Great Plains

soil erosion; no wood for housing, fires, fences; Indians; not enough rain; extreme weather; locust

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#3 - 2 famous trails for cattle drives

Sedalia Trail, Chisholm Trail, Goodnight-Loving Trail, Shawnee Trail

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fairy

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rocket

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lifesaver

Give 10 points!

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#13 What animal did the Plains Indians depend on for their way of life?

buffalo

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#16 What area of the West was the last to be settled?

The Great Plains

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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fairy

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rocket

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thief

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#5 - What happened to Indians that did not resist the government and army taking over their land?

They became wards of the government. (protection, money)

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#18 How did the Indians react to white settlement of the West?

attacks

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#6 lots of land the government set aside for Indians to live on

reservations

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