Question 1

What word means the buying and selling of goods?

Accepted Answer

commerce

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sanitation

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entrepreneur

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rationed

Question 2

What word means a person who takes an idea and turns it into a business?

Accepted Answer

entrepreneur

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rationed

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sanitation

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commerce

Question 3

What word means the idea that the US should expand from coast to coast?

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

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commerce

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entrepreneur

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transcontinental

Question 4

What word means the dividing of something into small amounts?

Accepted Answer

rationed

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commerce

Answer

transcontinental

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santination

Question 5

What word means going across the continent?

Accepted Answer

transcontinental

Answer

entrepreneur

Answer

Manifest Destiny

Answer

commerce

Question 6

Which trail was used for people looking for cheap land in the west?

Accepted Answer

Oregon

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California

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Santa Fe

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Pony Express

Question 7

Which trail was used for people who wanted to find gold in California?

Accepted Answer

California

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Santa Fe

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Pony Express

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Oregon

Question 8

Which trail was used to carry commerce to Mexico to be traded?

Accepted Answer

Santa Fe

Answer

Oregon

Answer

Pony Express

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California

Question 9

Which trail was used to carry mail from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA?

Accepted Answer

Pony Express

Answer

California

Answer

Santa Fe

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Oregon

Question 10

Which trail was used to carry mail from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA?

Accepted Answer

Santa Fe

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Pony Express

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California

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Oregon

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a reason frontier forts were built in Kansas?

Accepted Answer

carry mail to California

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protect families going to Oregon

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protect Indian lands

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escort stage coaches

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT a reason frontier forts were built in Kansas?

Accepted Answer

keep Bushwhackers from attacking Lawrence

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protect commerce on the Santa Fe Trail

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move supplies west

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keep peach between Indians and settlers

Question 13

What caused the Pony Express to fail?

Accepted Answer

telegraph line

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railroads

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US Post Office

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telephone lines

Question 14

The Pony Express carried --- from St. Joseph to Sacramento.

Accepted Answer

mail

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commerce

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people

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Indians

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT something that could be gained from Manifest Destiny?

Accepted Answer

death

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new land

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new opportunities

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spread wealth

Question 16

Which fort is the oldest fort west of the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

Fort Leavenworth

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Fort Harker

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Fort Scott

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Fort Dodge

Question 17

Several forts were built to protect people ---.

Accepted Answer

traveling on the trails

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fighting during Bleeding Kansas

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taking Indian lands

Question 18

The Santa Fe Trail was used to carry --- to Santa Fe, NM.

Accepted Answer

commerce

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mail

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soldiers

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people

Question 19

Fort Scott was built to protect --- from settlers settling on their lands.

Accepted Answer

Indians

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trapers

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traders

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farmers

Question 20

Fort Riley served as a jumping off point for soldiers and ---.

Accepted Answer

supplies

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Indians

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soldiers

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mail

Question 21

Fort Harker was built to protect people going to Denver who were looking for ---.

Accepted Answer

gold

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fur

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farm land

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silver

Question 22

Fort Larned and Fort Zarah were both given the job of protecting --- on the Santa Fe Trail.

Accepted Answer

commerce

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soldiers

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cattle

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people

Question 23

Fort Leavenworth took the job of protecting people/families traveling on the --- trail.

Accepted Answer

Oregon

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Pony Express

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California

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Santa Fe

Question 24

Fort Wallace provided military escorts for travelers on the ----.

Accepted Answer

Stage Routes

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Pony Express

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Oregon Trail

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California Trail

Question 25

Fort Dodge protected and secured areas for the US ---.

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government

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Postal Service

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military

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soldiers

Question 26

Fort Hays was built to help protect workers building the ---.

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railroads

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Pony Express

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telegraph lines

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telephone lines

Question 27

Which word has to do with cleanliness and health?

Accepted Answer

sanitation

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rationed

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transcontinental

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commerce

Question 28

Besides Fort Leavenworth which is the other other fort still active today?

Accepted Answer

Fort Riley

Answer

Fort Scott

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Fort Dodge

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Fort Hays

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