Ch19 - Opening the West

The discovery of valuable minerals helped bring the railroads west.

• True
• False

The transcontinental railroad ran in the north-to-south direction.

• True
• False

In which state was cattle ranching a major business?

• Iowa
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• Texas

Before the arrival of the settlers, what was the Great Plains region often called?

• the American Flatland
• the Endless Grassland
• No Man's Land
• the Great American Desert

What was a goal of the Grange?

• athletics
• ecology
• education
• sharecropping

Where did the Union Pacific railroad company begin to lay tracks westward?

• California
• Utah Territory
• Missouri
• Nebraska

Where were the two railroads joined with a golden spike to complete the transcontinental railway?

• Idaho
• Omaha
• Promontory Summit, Utah
• Sacramento

Who was the leader of the Apaches who surrendered in 1886?

• Crazy Horse 
• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Sitting Bull

Chief Joseph was the leader of which Native American tribe?

• Apache
• Comanche
• Lakota Sioux
• Nez Perce

Who was the Civil War veteran defeated in battle at Little Bighorn?

• Helen Hunt Jackson
• William McKinley
• J.M. Chivington
• George Custer