Social Studies 11 Jeopardy Template

The Mining Frontier	Railroads Come to the West	The Cattle Frontier	Farmers Move West	Adjusting to Life on the Plains
100 Gold What did people hope to find when mining on the frontier?	100 to make money Why did railroad companies encourage people to move west?	100 More time for chores How did cowboys life change after the long drives ended?	100 Cheap land Why were farmers encouraged to move to the Great Plains?	100 Barbed wire fencing What invention helped farmers protect their crops from cattle?
200 Dangerous How was life in mining camps?	200 To make the east to west trip short Why was the transcontinental railroad important to the United States?	200 Sheep ate the grass Why didn't cattlemen like sheep herders?	200 In the east Where are the interior lowlands in the Great Plains?	200 Farmers turned the soil after rain What is dry farming?
300 People came to get rich How did towns grow in the West?	300 They made travel short and easy. How did the railroads help the west?	300 Bad weather Why did the ranchers fence the range for the cattle?	300 Free travel How did the railroads encourage farmers to move west?	300 It was stronger Why was a new steel plow used for farming on the Great Plains?
400 mine owners and merchants Who were two groups that became rich on the frontier?	400 Transportation, mountains, and blizzards What were two difficulties the companies faced in building the railroad?	400 Good grasslands Why were the western routes better than the old Sedalia route that was used?	400 The Homestead Act How did the government encourage farmers to move to the Great Plains?	400 newspapers and novels What were two ways people got an exaggerated idea of the wild west?
500 1889 first came first served What was the Oklahoma Land Rush?	500 They were successful How did Horace Greely change his mind about people moving West?

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