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1. What two companies helped build the first transcontinental RR? 2. Where did each company begin their construction?
3. When and where was the first transcontinental RR completed?
4. What two ethnic groups helped construct the RRs?
5. How did the construction of the RRs affect Indian life?
6. What did the Homestead Act provide?
7. How did the Homestead Act affect western settlement?
8. What was the main idea in Helen Hunt Jackson's book, Century of Dishonor?
9. What did the Dawes Act allow?
10. What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
11. Which of the Indian Wars was a WIN for the Indians?
12. Why did the Indians believe in the Ghost Dance?
13. In what year was the American frontier closed?
14. Who was the historian who explained his frontier theory in a famous essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in
American History?"
15. What did the "closing of the frontier" mean?
16. How did settling the frontier help shape the character of Americans?
17. What were two reasons for farmers' discontent in the late 1800s?
18. What is bimetallism & how would it help farmers?
19.What factors contributed to the downfall of the Populism movement?

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