Moving West
Quiz by McClellan, Joseph C.
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- Q1As Americans move west after the Civil War, America became an industrial nation. Prior to that, we had been a(n) ______________ nation.Unitedopticalslaveryagricultural30s
- Q2How did mining encourage the expansion of the railroads?Comstock needed supplies to his minesPeople loved mine workHouses needed built to support minesHad to get minerals to factories30s
- Q3What did Henry Comstock find in Nevada?comstockiumplatinumsilvergold30s
- Q4The rapid economic growth of tiny mining towns led to them being known as...mother lodeszoomtownsboomtownswowvilles30s
- Q5In these new settlements, the "law" was often upheld by...vigilantesRobinhoodsburgenspickaxe30s
- Q6A "vigilante" is someone who takes the _______ into his/her own hands without real authority.minelawoxygenrailcar30s
- Q7Frequently, after towns went "boom", the mines ran out of ore and the towns went...whackpopWEEEEEEbust30s
- Q8Frequently, the influx of people to areas of the west led to those areas being organized as...warsstatesboomtownsoceans30s
- Q9Which of these states did not achieve statehood after a mining boom?ArizonaOklahomaColoradoMontana30s
- Q10This area of the world was affected by a tsunami this week.IndiaPolynesiaJapanIndonesia30s
- Q11This natural resource made mining much easier than using shovels and looking through sediment.waterfireairsoul30s
- Q12What did sluice boxes feature to help miners with?pans to swirl watermoving earth out of minesfilters to catch goldhoses to spray water30s
- Q13What was the major environmental problem with hydraulic mining?displaced sediment into riverstoo many hydrals were killedhose material created pollutionevaporation of water30s
- Q14The SEC sued Elon Musk of Tesla claiming he committed this act:chiropractionarsonassaultfraud30s
- Q15This judge has been nominated for a Supreme Court seat and has been recommended to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.KavanaughThomasGinsbergAlito30s