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America: The Story of Us

Heartland ~ Episode 6

1. How many buffalo were roaming the Great Plains in 1865?

2. What mountain range was the biggest obstacle for the transcontinental railroad?

3. How much does the railroad cost in modern money?

4. What happened to the Donner Party just 20 years earlier?

5. What immigrants are brought to America to work on the transcontinental railroad?

6. How many times is nitroglycerine more powerful than gunpowder?

7. How many estimated Chinese died in explosions and rockslides?

8. A 6-month journey across the continent is cut to just __ ______ after the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

9. Eventually, how much of the United States is given away under the Homestead Act?

10. List 5 problems that people on the Great Plains have to deal with.

(Weather & Living conditions, Mother Nature, etc…)

a. ________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________________

d. ________________________________________________________________________

e. ________________________________________________________________________

11. The settlers in Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin provided what natural resource that the pioneers on the Great Plains lacked?

12. To meet demand, hunters kill how many buffalo a day?

13. Who brought horses to the Great Plains?

14. In 1889, how many wild buffalo remained in the entire United States?

15. What job came about in Texas that provided many with much needed money?

16. One out of three cowboys were either ____________________ or ______________________.

17. What was the simple invention that changed the way of life for cowboys? (Invented by Joseph Glidden)

18. Where were most Native Americans placed by 1876?

19. How many men did Gen. Custer have? _______ How many did the Native Americans have? ______________

20. What happened on December 29, 1890?

21. What born out of the railroads in regards to time?

22. What catalog/company is started because of the railroad and the man’s pocket watches?

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