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One of the most famous stages of the American frontier was the area of the United States including the Great Plains and the area further west. What repeated adjective was commonly placed in front of the West in order to emphasize its yet unclaimed nature?
Fine
Strange
Wild
Wonderful
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Much of the romanticism surrounding the American Wild West came from what entertainer known for starting his namesake Wild West Show that toured America and Europe?
"Pecos" Bill Williams
Manfred "Rattlesnake" Eisert
"Buffalo" Bill Cody
Billy "The Kid"
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What "King of the Wild Frontier" was a famous Tennessee frontiersman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and lost his life fighting to claim Texas for the U.S.?
Davy Crokett
"Wild" Bill Hickock
Daniel Boone
George Custer
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Davy Crockett died at what famous location where American frontiersman tried to hold of the Mexican armed forces in an attempt to claim Texas?
The Acropolis
The Church of San Antonio
The Alamo
The Coliseum
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What is the name of the legendary frontier mail delivery system where single riders would charge across the Wild West to hand off letters and parcels?
The Pony Express
The Dixie Stampede
The Other Cavalry
The Kansas Chargers
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What is the common name given to the pieces of legislation that encouraged frontier expansion by granting legal ownership of acres to individuals who could settle those lands?
The Homestead Acts
The Gadsden Purchase
The Volstead Act
Bleeding Kansas
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What is the name of the popular fiction series that author James Fenimore Cooper wrote about the American frontier?
The Leatherstocking Tales
The Red River Trilogy
The Dying Light Stories
How the West Was Won
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Much of the original American frontier was added to the nation after Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from what other nation's government?
Russia
Portugal
Prussia
France
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What famous pair of explorers did Thomas Jefferson hire to chart out the lands he added to the American union through the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
Ashton and Daley
Carter and Solomon
Atkins and Forthers
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What is the name of the famous frontierswoman who guided Lewis and Clark all while carrying her infant with her?
Pellina
Sacajawea
Tekakwitha
Sallidan
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On October 26th, 1881, figures like Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday became legends for their bravery in dispatching outlaws at what frontier location?
Red Butte
Little Bighorn
The OK Corral
Deadwood
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What is the name of the infamous group of pioneers who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains throughout the winter of 1846-1847 and who were forced to eat some of the flesh of their fallen comrades to survive?
The Doubleday Party
The Magee Party
The Gregson Party
The Donner Party
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William H. Bonney (real name Henry McCarty) was a frontier gunslinger more commonly known by what nickname?
Billy the Kid
"Wild" Bill
Pecos Bill
Little Bill
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What American state is known as The Sooner State because of how it was settled by multiple frontier folk who entered its borders before it was officially opened for settlement by the government?
Florida
Oklahoma
Nevada
Washington
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What is the common term for the frontier outlaws who would steal cattle in the Wild West?
Hasslebacks
Kingpins
Joeboys
Rustlers
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What is the name of this famous explorer who led voyages through Cumberland Gap to settle Kentucky and who was adopted into the Shawnee?
Henry the Navigator
Manfred Mayfield
John Smith
Daniel Boone
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What is the name of the famous Kentucky town which Daniel Boone settled in 1778 and then defended from Shawnee warriors?
Boonesdale
The Boone Brook
Big Boone City
Boonesborough
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The members of the Church of the Latter-day Saints crossed the American frontier to settle in what American state?
Ohio
Louisiana
Utah
Oregon
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The primary barrier to westward exploration for the inhabitants of the original thirteen colonies was what range of mountains that stretch north and southward along the eastern section of the U.S.A.?
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Andes Mountains
The Alps Mountain Range
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What is the real name of the gunslinger and frontier folk hero called "Wild Bill"?
William Bonney
Bill Hickok
Bill Cody
William Earp
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"Wild Bill" Hickok was killed in what infamous frontier outlaw town in South Dakota?
Deadwood
Tombstone
Hangman's Gulch
Cape Fear
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The earliest American settlers to enter into Kentucky fought against what tribe which was led by men like Blue Jacket?
The Arapaho
The Apache
The Algonquin
The Shawnee
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The city of Houston, Texas, is named for what frontiersman who led a rebellion in the state against the Mexican government who had previously owned the territory?
Sam Houston
Douglas Houston
Hugh Duston
Huston Orley
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What is the name of the 2,100-mile-long trail that stretched from Independence, Missouri to the western end of Oregon and which served as a major entryway for American frontiersmen to reach the western states?
The Bonanza Trail
The Oregon Trail
The Lincoln Highway
The Trail of Tears
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What state had an infamously violent "Bleeding' period where pro and anti-slavery factions within its territory fought over whether or not slavery would be allowed within its borders?
Montana
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
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Rebellious leaders like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led tribes of what central Native American group against the frontier settlers that tried to take their land?
The Arapaho
The Lakota
The Shawnee
The Odawa
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Which of the following common terms refers to the mass forced migration of the Cherokee and other Native American tribes who were evicted by the U.S. government following the Indian Removal Act?
The Red Path
The Oregon Trail
The Trail of Tears
The Fivefold Path
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Frontier woman and folk hero Margaret Jane Cannary is most commonly known by what nickname?
Miss Martha
Calamity Jane
Sally Day
Katherine the Great
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In 1849, the discovery of what precious substance in California caused a mass migration of Americans out into the West?
Uranium
Quicksilver
Diamonds
Gold
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What is the term for the philosophy that supported American expansionism because its proponents believed the United States of America should stretch from coast to coast as one unified power?
Manifest Destiny
The Horizon Walk
The Gadsden Purchase
The Parallels of America
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Andrew Nicholas is a passionate reader and writer on the subjects of history and mankind. He is a published author, critic, and poet who grew up in the friendly scenery of rural Ohio. He is a graduate of Wright State University and a regular student of historical curiosities.