Question 1

a person who searches for gold, silver, or other valuable minerals

Accepted Answer

prospector

Question 2

a camp that grow into a town almost overnight

Accepted Answer

boom town

Question 3

public land set aside by the government for the use of a particular group of people

Accepted Answer

reservation

Question 4

the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs from one generation to another

Accepted Answer

tradition

Question 5

across a continent

Accepted Answer

transcontinental

Question 6

a large area of level or slightly rolling land

Accepted Answer

prairie

Question 7

a person who received land under the Homestead Act of 1862

Accepted Answer

homesteader

Question 8

homesteaders who stayed joined together to help one another through hard times

Accepted Answer

the Grange

Question 9

cattle workers

Accepted Answer

cowhands

Question 10

herding cattle to the market or the northern plains for grazing

Accepted Answer

cattle trail

Question 11

general store for Native Americans

Accepted Answer

buffalo

Question 12

Location in Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed

Accepted Answer

Promontory Point

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