What was the real name of Wild Bill Hickok, the frontier scout and gunfighter?
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James Butler Hickok
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What was the real name of Wild Bill Hickok, the frontier scout and gunfighter?
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James Butler Hickok
Which 1890 massacre at a South Dakota creek marked the end of major armed Lakota resistance?
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Wounded Knee Massacre
Which 1883 Buffalo Bill production popularized staged frontier battles for audiences?
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Which 1886 uprising at Haymarket Square influenced the creation of International Workers’ Day?
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Haymarket affair
Which 1883 railroad route was famous for linking Chicago, Kansas City, and the American Southwest?
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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Which 1890 massacre at a South Dakota creek marked the end of major armed Lakota resistance?
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Wounded Knee Massacre
Which 1883 Buffalo Bill production popularized staged frontier battles for audiences?
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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Which 1886 uprising at Haymarket Square influenced the creation of International Workers’ Day?
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Haymarket affair
Which 1883 railroad route was famous for linking Chicago, Kansas City, and the American Southwest?
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Which 1876 battle saw Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces defeat the U.S. 7th Cavalry?
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
Which 1869 railroad connected Sacramento with Omaha, completing the first transcontinental U.S. railroad?
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First Transcontinental Railroad
Which 1881 Arizona gunfight lasted about 30 seconds near Tombstone?
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Which brain recording technique uses superconducting sensors to measure magnetic fields produced by neural activity?
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Magnetoencephalography
What device records the human brain’s electrical activity from electrodes placed on the scalp?
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Electroencephalograph
What is the name of the brain’s network of interconnected nuclei that helps regulate sleep and wakefulness?
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Reticular formation