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Two well-known outlaws of the West were
a) Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley.
b) Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill Cody.
c) Annie Oakley and Billy the Kid.
d) Jesse James and Billy the Kid.
d) Jesse James and Billy the Kid.
The main reason that settlers on the plains built sod houses is that
a) they were cool in the summer.
b) there were few trees from which to build wooden houses.
c. they were warm in the winter.
d) they were more attractive than wooden and stone houses.
b) there were few trees from which to build wooden houses.
The harsh “vigilante justice,” also known as frontier justice, of the mining camps developed
because there were no
a) churches.
b) police.
c) mayors.
d) school.
b) police.
What was Seward’s Folly?
a) the construction of the transcontinental railroad
b) the purchase of Alaska
c) the passage of the Homestead Act
d) the closing of the frontier
b) the purchase of Alaska
Who was the most likely to become rich on the mining frontier?
a) a mining company
b )an individual miner
c) a hotel owner
c) a storekeeper
a) a mining company
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of
a) precipitation.
b)presentation.
c)preparation.
d) precision.
a) precipitation.
On the long drive, cowboys worried most about the danger of
a) thieves.
b) diseases.
c) floods.
d) stampedes.
d) stampedes.
A census measures
a) the number of people or population.
b)the amount of company profits.
c) the size of acreage.
d) the number and value of minerals.
a) the number of people or population.
Who helped build the transcontinental railroad?
a) settlers
b) cowboys
c) miners
d) immigrants
d) immigrants
What caused the worst disaster faced by farmers on the Great Plains?
a)bitterly cold winters
b) swarming grasshoppers
c) very wet summers
d) construction of railroads
b) swarming grasshoppers
Which three inventions helped people farm the plains?
a) barbed wire, steel plows, and wooden fences
b) dry farming methods, wooden plows, and wooden fences
c) dry farming methods, wooden plows, and railroads
d) barbed wire, steel plows, and dry farming methods
d. barbed wire, steel plows, and dry farming methods
Most of the workers on the Central Pacific were _____.
a. Indian immigrants
b. Mexican immigrants
c. Chinese immigrants
d. African immigrants
c. Chinese immigrants
Railroad companies did everything they could to _____________.
a. encourage immigrants
b. encourage people to move West
c. encourage people to move North
d. encourage people to trade
b. encourage people to move West
By 1860, there were about _______ in just one small corner of Texas.
a. five million cattle
b. five million buffalo
c. five million sheeps
d. five million dogs
a. five million cattle
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of
a) precipitation.
b) presentation.
c) preparation.
d) precision.
a) precipitation.
Which of the following is not a reason for the end of the great age of the cowboy?
a) Many people in the East began to raise their own cattle.
b) Two fierce winters and a hot, dry summer led ranchers to pen in their cattle.
c) Ranchers moved farther north and were closer to the railroads.
d) Farmers moved in and took up much of the land.
a) Many people in the East began to raise their own cattle.
Who said, “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country”?
a) Billy the Kid
b) William Seward
c) Jesse James
d) Horace Greeley
d) Horace Greeley
Ranchers drove their cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, because
a) there was better grass for the animals there.
b) the people of Abilene didn’t raise cattle for themselves.
c) the cattle were safer there, away from thieves.
d) from there, the cattle could be shipped by railroad to Chicago and markets in the East.
d) from there, the cattle could be shipped by railroad to Chicago and markets in the East.
What is the main job of a cowboy?
a. to herd cows
b. to give an entertainment
c. to collect horses
a. to herd cows
On the morning of April 22, about five hundred thousand people gathered along Oklahoma border.
True or False
False one hundred thousand people
How many years did the whole mining frontier last?
a. 22
b. 23
c.24
d.25
d. 25
Which of the following is not a reason for the settling of the Great Plains?
a) wars between sheep herders and cattle ranchers
b) a temporary increase in the amount of rainfall
c) free land offered through the Homestead Act of 1862
d) cheap land advertised and sold by the railroads
a) wars between sheep herders and cattle ranchers
By 1890, _______it had become the country's second largest city.
a. Arizona
b. Alaskla
c. Chicago
d. California
c. Chicago
After the Civil War, African American families also went West to settle on the Great Plains.
True or False
True
Under the Homestead Act of 1862, free land was given away to
a) U.S. citizens only.
b) poor people only.
c) Native American tribes.
d) U.S. citizens and immigrants.
d) U.S. citizens and immigrants.