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Sooners slipped across the borders and claimed land before they were allowed during the ...
a) Oklahoma Land Rush
b) Dawes
c) trail boss
d) Boomers
Who was one of the first marshals of Abilene?
a) Jesse Chisholm
b) George Custer
c) Tom Smith
d)
Who was the Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington, D.C., and spoke with President Hayes about his people?
a) Wild Bill Hickock
b) Crazy Horse
c) Chief Joseph
d)
Who was one of the missionaries to the West?
a) Jesse Chisholm
b) Ezra Fisher
c) Tom Smith
d)
Who was the colonel who led US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
a) George Custer
b) Jesse Chisholm
c) Tom Smith
d)
Who was the Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
a) Wild Bill Hickock
b) Crazy Horse
c) Chief Joseph
d)
Who was the trader that the most popular cattle trail was named after?
a) Tom Smith
b) Ezra Fisher
c) Jesse Chisholm
d)
moving a herd of cattle
a) stampede
b) lode
c) frontier
d) cattle drive
a sudden rush of scared animals that run away from the trail
a) cattle drive
b) sodbuster
c) stampede
d) frontier
open land in the West that had not been settled
a) lode
b) transcontinental
c) frontier
d) stampede
a rich source of precious metal
a) lode
b) sodbuster
c) cattle drive
d) stampede
crossing a continent
a) transcontinental
b) stampede
c) lode
d) cattle drive
prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs
a) frontier
b) sodbuster
c) stampede
d) lode
To make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, symbols called _________ were used.
a) trail boss
b) brands
c) Dawes
d) Boomers
The person in charge of a cattle drive was the...
a) brands
b) Oklahoma Land Rush
c) Dawes
d) trail boss
People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents were called...
a) Boomers
b) Dawes
c) trail boss
d) brands
The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing the ______ Act.
a) Boomers
b) trail boss
c) Dawes
d) Oklahoma Land Rush
When building the transcontinental railroad, workers had to face different landforms.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
An area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans was called the frontier.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Spanish settlers brought buffalo to America.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
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