Gilded Age/Cattle Boom

The Gilded Age: Mining in the West/ The Cattle BOOM

Essential Question : What factors led to the settlement of the West during the Gilded Age (1870-1900)?

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age, in which region are changes happening in Industry and Urbanization?

• West

• North

• South

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age, which region was still under Reconstruction and dealing with Jim Crow Segregation?

• The North

• The Pacific NorthWest

• The South

• The Midwest

Multiple Choice

While the North was experiencing vast Urbanization and Industrialization, which region of the country saw a vast growth is Mining, Ranching, and Farming?

• The West

• The East

• Mexico

• The South

Open Ended

Based on the video, how would you define the Gilded Age?

"The Gilded Age was a time of..." Answer in your own words.

Open Ended

How would a Transcontinental Railway connecting the East and West effect growth in the new Western Frontier?

Multiple Choice

What first attracted settlers to the West during the Gilded Age?

• The beautiful scenery

• 150 acres and a mule

• Mining Gold and Silver

• Great schools

Multiple Choice

1882 US Congress passed a bill that dis-allowed which migrant group entrance into the country for 10 years ?

• Chinese

• Latin Americans

• Both

Multiple Choice

How did mining become difficult for individuals or small businesses?

• Corporations used expensive hydraulic machinery.

• The weather was terrible.

• Indigenous peoples

• Over crowding

Multiple Choice

Cattle bought for $4 in Texas could be sold for how much in Kansas?

• $2

• $20

• $40

Multiple Choice

True or False. Most of the cowboys in the West during the Cattle Boom were Caucasian?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What invention contributed to difficulties of cattle ranching?

• railroad

• barbed wire

• steam engine

Multiple Choice

What amount of cowboys in the West were African-American or Mexican?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 33%