Chapter 11 Test Review

Question 1

the major route north to Abilene, Kansas

Answer 1

Chisholm Trail

Question 2

declared “a public and private nuissance”

Answer 2

Hydraulic Mining

Question 3

self appointed volunteers to track down and punish wrongdoers

Answer 3

Vigilance Committee

Question 4

vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government

Answer 4

Open Range

Question 5

process of extracting shallow deposits of ore largely by hand

Answer 5

Placer Mining

Question 6

What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

Answer 6

Mining

Question 7

Although only a fraction of the herds survived when ranchers rounded up their cattle in 1866, it was the first….

Answer 7

Long Drive

Question 8

in 1859, when prospector Henry Comstock staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada, the sticky blue-gray mud there turned out to be…

Answer 8

Silver Ore

Question 9

Deep Deposits of minerals led to the creation of one of the most legendary boomtowns that dotted the mining frontier known as….

Answer 9

Leadville

Question 10

Eventually and after considerable loss of life, the open range was largely fenced off with a new invention called

Answer 10

Barbed Wire

Question 11

Who staked a claim in Six-mile canyon that turned out to be nearly pure silver ore?

Answer 11

Henry Comstock

Question 12

In addition to Nevada, mining also spurred the development of….

Answer 12

Colorado, Arizona, the Dakotas and Montana

Question 13

Process that used simple equipment like picks and pans

Answer 13

Placer Mining

Question 14

What type of cattle could survive harsh climates?

Answer 14

Texas Longhorns

Question 15

In 1866, ranchers drove about 260,000 cattle came to

Answer 15

Sedalia Missouri

Question 16

How many cattle did cowboys drive up the Chisolm Trail?

Answer 16

1.5 Million

Question 17

Who taught American cowhands their trade and enriched the English language with words or Hispanic Origin

Answer 17

Vaqueros

Question 18

Spanish speaking neighborhoods

Answer 18

Barrios

Question 19

Strikes like the Comstock Lode created cities overnight called

Answer 19

Boomtowns

Question 20

Once the mines that supported the boomtowns were used up the population dwindled or it would become a

Answer 20

Ghost Town

Question 21

Name some famous mining areas

Answer 21

Pikes Peak, Leadville, The Black Hills, Tombstone

Question 22

American headed to the Black Hills to mine

Answer 22

Gold and Silver

Question 23

The purpose of cattle drives was to move them towards the..

Answer 23

railroad

Question 24

Long drives ended due to the invention of what

Answer 24

barbed wire

Question 25

a tract of public land available for settlement

Answer 25

homestead

Question 26

often brought their owners big profits

Answer 26

Bonanza Farms

Question 27

productive farm area that began at the eastern edge of the Great Plains

Answer 27

Wheat Belt

Question 28

Stephen Long

Answer 28

Explored Great Plains in 1819

Question 29

planting seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow

Answer 29

Dry Farming

Question 30

Threshing machines were used for

Answer 30

Harvesting Wheat

Question 31

What hardships did settlers on the Great Plains face?

Answer 31

Scorching Summers

Question 32

Settlement in the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

Answer 32

The Government

Question 33

The great plains extends westward to the

Answer 33

Rocky Mountains

Question 34

What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give the are?

Answer 34

The Great American Desert

Question 35

Land once thought to be worthless for farming was transformed into America's

Answer 35

wheatbelt

Question 36

News spread that there was cheap what in America?

Answer 36

FARMLAND

Question 37

In 1862, the government encouraged people moving to the plains by doing what?

Answer 37

passing the Homestead Act

Question 38

How much did you pay to file for a homestead and how much land did you get?

Answer 38

$10 and 160 acres

Question 39

Who lost their homesteads due to a combination of drought, wind erosion and overuse of land

Answer 39

Sodbusters

Question 40

Innovations in farming were what?

Answer 40

mechanical reaper, steam tractor, treshing machine

Question 41

Wheat belt began at the eastern edge of great plains and encompassed much of the

Answer 41

Dakotas, and part of Nebrask and Kansas

Question 42

What marked the end of an era

Answer 42

The closing of the frontier

Question 43

First major clash began in 1862 when the Dakota Sioux launched an attack in

Answer 43

Minnesota

Question 44

Sioux agreed to live on a reservation in exchange for

Answer 44

annuities

Question 45

who led sioux uprising

Answer 45

Little Crow

Question 46

what was the Lakota war called?

Answer 46

Red Clouds War

Question 47

What chief brought several hundred Cheyenne to Fort Lyon to negotiate a peace agrreement

Answer 47

Chief Black Kettle

Question 48

Where native americans were mercilessly attacked...

Answer 48

Sand Creek Massacre

Question 49

Proposed creating two reservations

Answer 49

Indiam Peace Commission

Question 50

What General was sent to the black hills in the battle of little bighonr

Answer 50

Custer

Question 51

How many soldiers were killed in the battle with Custer

Answer 51

210

Question 52

Who led the Nez Perce people?

Answer 52

Chief Joseph

Question 53

Where were the Nez Perce exiled to?

Answer 53

Oklahoma

Question 54

Native American resistence came to an end where?

Answer 54

on the Lakota Reservation

Question 55

Federal authorities banned what

Answer 55

the Ghost Dance

Question 56

After continuing to do the Ghost Dance the army killed who and how many native americasn

Answer 56

Chief Sitting Bull, and 200 Lakotas

Question 57

The government tried to do what to native americas?

Answer 57

Assimilate them into western society

Question 58

they divided reservations into individual whats?

Answer 58

allotments

Question 59

In 1887 Congress passed what that failed to achieve its goals

Answer 59

Dawes Act

Question 60

In 1924 Congress passed the what? granting all Native Americans citizenship

Answer 60

The Citizenship Act

Question 61

policies of assimilation and allotment finally ended under what

Answer 61

the New Deal