Western Frontier Test

Why did ranchers put a brand on their cattle?

• to identify their cattle

• to learn their names

• to keep bandits away

• to be cruel

What kind of fence ended the cattle drive era?

• barbed wire
• Wooden
• chicken wire
• chain link

What was the purpose of the "cattle drives"?

• to make money from selling their cattle
• to remove diseased cattle
• fool bandits who wanted to steal their herd
• get the cattle away from the path of the railroads

Breed of cattle, known for their hardiness and massive horns.

• Longhorn
• Charlee
• Black Angus
• Hereford

Why did so many people move out west?

• Job Opportunities
• To own land of their own
• To acquire silver and gold
• all of the above.

What act gave U.S. settlers 160 acres out west if they cultivate the land for 5 years?

• Pacific Railway Act
• Homestead Act
• Morrill Land Grant Act
• Dawes Act

What act gave Native Americans 160 acres of land if they assimilated to European American culture and embraced private ownership of land.

• Homestead Act
• Dawes Act
• Pacific Railway Act
• Indian Removal Act

Who wrote a thesis describing the challenges of American frontier and how it gave Americans their character?

• Frederick Jackson Turner
• Fredrick Douglas 
• Helen Hunt Jackson
• Upton Sinclair

The ________________ were the major mountain range that the railroad had to be built through on the border between California and Nevada.

• Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Cascades Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Catskill Mountains

What was the tribal name of the "Great Sioux Nation" on the Great Plains?

• Cheyenne
• Arapahoa
• Lakota/Dakota/Nakota
• Cherokee