CLOSING THE WESTERN FRONTIER

CLOSING THE WESTERN FRONTIER

By Bryan Frausel

Multiple Choice

Who did the Ranchers come into conflict with

• Cattlemen

• Ranchers

• Farmers

• Expolorers

Multiple Choice

Who did the Native Americans come into conflict with

• Buffalo Hunters

• The US GOvernment

• Railroad builders

• All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

The Transcontinental Railroad connected these two railroads at Promontory Point in Utah in 1869

• Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad

• Pennsylvania Railroad and California Pacific Railway

• Amtrak and Subway

• New York Railway and Washington Pacific Raiway

Multiple Choice

Who made men Equal

• Col Smith and Gen. Wesson

• Col. Colt

• George Washington

• Henry Adams

Multiple Choice

Where would we generally find Coal mining in the late 19th century?

• North and South carolina

• The Upper Northeast

• The Ohio Valley region and the Midwest

• Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

Multiple Choice

Almost all Cattle trails ended...

• In Texas

• In Chicago

• In Kansas

• By the Major Railway junctures

Multiple Choice

What was a "Sodbuster"

• A Dan Aykroyd

• A Steel plow

• A mule team

• A tornado

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What is an Exoduster

• A mechanical suit that cleans the house

• An African American who moved west to places like Kansas

• Mexican - Americans fighting for land in northern Texas and Oklahoma

• A Native American Adopting the ways of the White man