Question 1

What is a boom town?

Accepted Answer

A mining town, where gold and silver were discovered.  They popped up almost overnight.

Answer

A series of mines around Virginia City, Nevada

Answer

A town based on cash crops

Question 2

Why is the railroad s vital to the boom town's success?

Accepted Answer

All supplies and most people had to be brought in via train, and all gold/silver had to be shipped out over train.

Answer

It wasn't

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A lot of people traveled on the railroads which were owned by the owner of the boom town, so there was a lot a money being made off of the railroads.

Question 3

Where was gold discovered in Colorado in 1858?

Accepted Answer

Pikes Peak

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Denver

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Breckenridge

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Crested Butte.

Question 4

What year would Colorado become a state?

Accepted Answer

1876

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1873

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1878

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1865

Question 5

What was the Comstock Lode?

Accepted Answer

A series of mines around Virginia City, Nevada.  One of the largest boomtowns in the west.

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The most prosperous town in the North

Answer

One of the main Native American reserves, until gold was discovered there and the Natives were forced to move from their homes.

Question 6

Who was responsible for the building of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific were responsible for building the transcontinental railroad.

Answer

The Union government was responsible for building the transcontinental railroad.

Answer

The Central Pacific was responsible for building the transcontinental railroad.

Question 7

What was the composition of the workers for each company in the building of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

Central Pacific- Asian Immigrants
Union Pacific- Freed slaves and Irish Immigrants

Answer

Central Pacific- Freed slaves and Irish Immigrants
Union Pacific-  Asian Immigrants

Question 8

What is a subsidy?

Accepted Answer

Government provided financial aid and land grants.

Answer

A city for those who the government thinks have potential for growth even though, at the moment, they are steep in debt.

Answer

A gold mine

Question 9

What is an open range?

Accepted Answer

Large, unfenced grazing land.

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Land owned by the government that was free for you to live on and work on for 5 years, after which it officially becomes yours.

Question 10

What was the Cattle Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Between 1860-1880, over 5 million heads of cattle were driven north due to higher value of cattle in the big cities out east.  Nearly 200 million dollars were made by ranchers during this period.

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A "kingdom" of cattle that freely grazed and lived alongside the Native Americans.

Question 11

How were cattle taken from Texas to the rail lines?  What routes were used?

Accepted Answer

Cowboys took them on cattle drives north on Chisolm trail and others.

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By train on Chisolm trail and others.

Question 12

What were 3 factors that led to the end of the Cattle Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Cold weather, collapsing prices, grazing land getting fenced.

Answer

The government was rapidly killing the cattle kingdom to make way for the railroads, collapsing prices, grazing land getting fenced.

Answer

Hunters, collapsing prices, grazing land getting fenced.

Question 13

What was the Homestead Act?

Accepted Answer

The government would grant acres of land on the plains to citizens who would agree to move there.  If you lived on the land for 5 years, it became yours for free!

Answer

Government provided financial aid and land grants to farmers.

Question 14

Why was the Homestead Act important?

Accepted Answer

This policy would encourage the settlement of the plains.

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This Act would encourage the making of boom towns

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This policy would ensure the safety and equality of the Natives.

Question 15

What was the Populist party?

Accepted Answer

A political party that would appeal to the common (average man).

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A political party that would appeal to the Native Americans.

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A political party that would appeal to the farmers.

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A political party that would appeal to the wealthy.

Question 16

What were some of the issues that the political party was fighting for? (3)

Accepted Answer

Income tax, 8 hour work day, government control railroads and telegraph, bi-metalism.

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Poor homes, not enough food,  Low education

Question 17

What would become the legacy of the Populist party?

Accepted Answer

Greater federal government control/power

Answer

Less federal government control/power

Question 18

What was the recommendation of the Indian Peace Commision?

Accepted Answer

All native Americans should be moved onto reservations.

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All native Americans should be moved out of  reservations.

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All native Americans should be given equal rights.

Question 19

How did westward migration of Americans affect the lives of Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

It would force Native Americans to leave their land.  The wholesale slaughter of the buffalo.  Violation of treaties.

Answer

It caused the east to plummet downhill

Question 20

What was the Sand Creek Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Cheyenne Natives were misled to peace negotiations, where they were eventually massacred by American soldiers.

Answer

The Lakota tribe was misled to peace negotiations, where they were eventually massacred by American soldiers.

Question 21

What was the battle of Little Bighorn?

Accepted Answer

2000 Natives under the command of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull kill 250 US soldiers under the command of Colonel Custer, when the soldiers attempt to attack a Native settlement.

Answer

US soldiers Leigh a surprise attack on the Natives; killing thousands

Question 22

What was the purpose of the Dawes act?

Accepted Answer

Breaking up reservations, attempts to get Native Americans to civilize and assimilate into US culture.

Answer

Government provided financial aid and land grants.

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The government would grant acres of land on the plains to citizens who would agree to move there.  If you lived on the land for 5 years, it became yours for free!

Question 23

What was the farmer’s alliance?

Accepted Answer

Collaboration between farmers, looking to support cooperatives, as well as pushing the federal government to supply loans and store houses for extra crops.

Answer

Farmers coming together to wage war on anyone who dare start up with them.

Question 24

Which party formed from the Farmers Aliance group?

Accepted Answer

People’s Party

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Native Party

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Farmer's party

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Union Party

Question 25

What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance Religion?

Accepted Answer

WIld dancing to bring back the Buffalo herds to the west.

Answer

To  creep out the americans living around the Natives

Question 26

Who did authorities mistakenly believe was the leader of the Ghost Dance Religion?

Accepted Answer

Sitting Bull

Answer

Cheif Josef

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Crazy Horse

Answer

Red Cloud

Question 27

What actually happened to Sitting Bull?

Accepted Answer

accidentally killed which would set off the massacre at Wounded Knee

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He was living his own quiet life and actually had nothing to do with the Ghost Dance Religion

Answer

He committed suicide

Question 28

Why did farmers on the great plains fall into hardship during the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

High transport costs on the railways, lowering crop prices, loan debt.

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Too much food - too little buyers, lowering crop prices, loan debt

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Cold weather, lowering crop prices, loan debt

Question 29

How did cooperatives help when the farmers fell into hardships during the late 1800s? ?

Accepted Answer

Cash only, no credit.  In addition, group buying of seed and supplies drove the costs of operating a farm down.

Answer

All credit. In addition, group buying of seed and supplies drove the costs of operating a farm down.

Answer

It made things worse

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