8th Grade: Ch. 3 Lesson 1-2 Quiz Review

What was most of the silver found in rich mineral ores under the earth called?

In boomtowns, what were people called who practiced their own brand of justice without the benefit of a judge?

When “booms” were followed by “busts,” what did boomtowns become?

Which kinds of government financial aid and land grants paid for railroad construction?

When the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, where did the two sets of tracks meet?

____________________ is a rock from which gold is extracted.

____________________ added stability to boomtowns by founding schools and churches.

The network of _____________________ expanded between 1865 and 1890.

The _________________________ hired Chinese laborers to work on its tracks.

In 1883 the American Railway Association divided the country into four ____________________

The open range is where large areas of land are not fenced in or divided into lots.

Towns located near railroads that were involved in the cattle industry were called Chisholm drive towns.

“Rustlers” tried to steal cattle from cattle drives.

African Americans who moved westward to work as cowhands were called vaqueros.

Many African Americans left the South and moved West in search of a better life.