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Go West, Young Man, Go West

Quiz by Phillip Helms

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  • Q1
    Black soldiers who served in the West were given this colorful nickname by Native Americans.
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    Exodusters
    Buffalo Soldiers
    Okies
    Freedom Riders
    20s
  • Q2
    This academic argued that the frontier shaped America’s national character.
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    J.P. Morgan
    Frederick Jackson Turner
    William Randolph Hearst
    W.E.B. Du Bois
    20s
  • Q3
    The Native American tribe that defeated Custer at Little Big Horn.
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    Lakota (Sioux)
    Iroquois
    Arapahoe
    Tuscarora
    20s
  • Q4
    This Apache chief achieved notoriety during the Apache Wars with Mexico and his constant escapes from the reservation.
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    Crazy Horse
    Sitting Bull
    Chief Joseph
    Geronimo
    20s
  • Q5
    Settlers who 'jumped the gun' in settling Oklahoma were called this.
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    Sooners
    Cornhuskers
    Exodusters
    Mugwumps
    20s
  • Q6
    Thousands of African-Americans who moved into Kansas after the Civil War were called this.
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    Buffalo soldiers
    Sooners
    Exodusters
    Flappers
    20s
  • Q7
    It was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States in 1859.
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    Sutter's Mill Lode
    Comstock Lode
    Eureka Strike
    Yukon Strike
    20s

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