| A | B |
| U.S. President that signed the bill creating Dakota Territory | James Buchanan |
| North Dakota and South Dakota | Dakota Territory |
| Great Northern passenger train between Chicago and the West Coast | Empire Builder |
| steamboat that carried wounded soldiers and news of Custer back to Bismarck | Far West |
| U.S. President that signed the bill granting statehood to North and South Dakota | Benjamin Harrison |
| train | iron horse |
| first governor of Dakota Territory | Dr. William Jayne |
| U.S. President who appointed the first governor of Dakota Territory | Abraham Lincoln |
| steamboat that operated on Devils Lake for 25 years | Minnie H |
| first railroad to cross North Dakota | Northern Pacific Railroad |
| town planned on paper but never built | paper town |
| circular building with tracks used for turning trains around | roundhouse |
| railroad that ran across North Dakota from southeast to northwest | Soo Line |
| people who lived on land they did not own | squatters |
| first capital of Dakota Territory located in the southeast corner of South Dakota | Yankton |