Question 1

What were some of the problems that settlers encountered on the mining frontier?

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pollution in streams, cutting down of forests, few ever got rich

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The Chinese were getting rich from Gold mining

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The Homestead Act encouraged crime

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Sooners were killing vigilantes

Question 2

What did some towns in the west do to control lawlessness and disorder?

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Organized vigilantes

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None of the above

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Pass the 13th amendment

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Move criminals onto reservations

Question 3

What was the most significant economic impact of the transcontinental railroads during the late 1800s?

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expanding trade nationwide

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eliminating overseas trade with Europe

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rapid rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

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decreasing the influence of big business

Question 4

Cowhands on cattle drives used skills

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learned from Mexican vaqueros.

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that destroyed the buffalo herds.

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that made the work more difficult.

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brought over by Irish immigrants.

Question 5

Railroad companies hired immigrants to build the transcontinental railroad because

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immigrants worked for low pay.

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they prefered English speaking workers

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the government would not let them use United States citizens.

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many immigrants had experience doing railroad work.

Question 6

Settlers and Plains Indians came into conflict mostly because

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settlers ignored treaties protecting Indian lands.

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Indians claimed more land than they could use.

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Indians had all of the good farmland

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chiefs like Sitting Bull had provoked the military into fighting them

Question 7

When gold was discovered in at Pikes Peak, Colorado in 1848 what were Native Americans forced to do?

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Native Americans had to sign a new treaty giving up their land

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nothing the U.S. government honored the Fort Laramie Treaty

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they were forced onto reservations in the east

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hunt buffalo

Question 8

The belief that the United States had a right to expand across the continent to the Pacific…

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manifest destiny

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homestead act

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subsidy

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cow towns

Question 9

On a cattle drive, cowhands might have to...

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all of the above

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stop off in mining towns along the way.

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load cattle onto the railroad cars.

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work alongside vaqueros in Mexico.

Question 10

The government encouraged settlers to move onto the Plains by...

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passing the Homestead Act

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outlawing buffalo hunts.

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building the Cattle Kingdom

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building cow towns

Question 11

Which group of immigrants worked on the railroad and faced discrimination?

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Chinese and Mexicans

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Sooners and Homesteaders

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Cowhands and Sharecroppers

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Italians, Syrians, and Mexicans

Question 12

How did Congress help railroad companies?

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by giving them a subsidy

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by passing the Homestead Act

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by letting farmers farm land for 5 years

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by putting up barbed wire fences

Question 13

What action of Plains farmers helped end the Cattle Kingdom?

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they put up barbed wire fences

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they hunted buffalo

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they quickly passed into areas farther west

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they gave up farming

Question 14

Why did boomtowns become ghost towns?

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Miners left when they could not find gold, businesses closed

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farmers put up barbed wire fences

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the battle of Little Big Horn scared off settlers

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Native Americans were successful as farmers

Question 15

Which of the following does not describe life as a cowboy?

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built rail lines

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worked for owners of large ranches

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earned $1 a day

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learned skills from vaqueros

Question 16

What was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn?

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Colonel George A. Custer was defeated by chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy
Horse.

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Anglos and Mexicanos fought over political rights in the Southwest

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Black Elk introduced the Ghost Dance to the Lakota

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Chief Joseph defeated Colonel John Chivington

Question 17

What was the name given to people who sneaked into Oklahoma before the land rush to stake out the best land?

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sooners

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subsidy

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prospectors

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long horns

Question 18

During the late 1840s, thousands of people were attracted to California to...

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search for gold

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obtain good farmland

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help build railroads

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fight in the Mexican War

Question 19

Which action toward Native American Indians did the United States government take between 1820 and 1840?

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removing Native American Indians from their tribal lands and placing them on reservations

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passing a law giving all Native American Indians United States citizenship

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paying Native American Indians a fair price for their land

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encouraging Native American Indians to take jobs in factories

Question 20

How did news of the Comstock Lode affect the West?

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Thousands of prospectors migrated to other areas of the West in search of gold and silver mining.

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Individual miners claimed most of the West’s lands.

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Many Native Americans in the West grew wealthy from silver mining.

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Silver rapidly lost its value in the West because there was so much of it.

Question 21

What were the terms of the Fort Laramie Treaty?

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Land would be reserved for Native Americans forever, and they would receive tools, domestic animals, and money.

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Native Americans would share the gold and silver found on their nations’ lands.

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Native American villages would not be attacked if they agreed to fly the American flag.

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The government would ban buffalo hunting on Native American lands, if the Native Americans allowed mining.

Question 22

What did the government outlaw that was seen by settlers as Native Americans preparing for war?

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Ghost Dance

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Sitting Bull

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Homesteading

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Sooners

Question 23

Why were Texas longhorn cattle popular in the commercial market?

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They required little water and food when traveling long distances.

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Their horns were valuable.

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They had a short distance to travel

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They did not compete with farm products.

Question 24

How did the Native Americans way of life come to an end?

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The government took away land and made new treaties that did not favor them

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Many Native Americans migrated to other countries

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Native Americans abandoned their traditions in favor of European customs.

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Native Americans leaders stopped teaching traditions to young people.

Question 25

Why were Native American children forced to go to American schools?

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An effort to eliminate their culture

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An effort to make them better hunters of buffalo

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So they could learn more about Native American culture

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An effort to make them better soldiers for the U.S.  Army

Question 26

The Plains Indians used the buffalo for all of the following EXCEPT

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Transportation

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Clothing

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Shelter

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Food

Question 27

According to the document which of the following is not a reason to travel on the Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line?

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you get to shoot buffalo

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avoid the delays and dangers of navigation

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save time, money

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speed, comfort, safety

Question 28

Which was NOT a result of the building of the railroads?

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the population of western territories fell

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many workers died

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supplies could be moved quickly and cheaply

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Cities grew up along railroad lines

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