Miners, Ranchers & Railroads

What was the long sometimes dangerous journey, taking cattle to market, or to the plains for grazing known as?

• Cattle Kingdom

• Long Walk

• Cattle Drive

• Rodeo

What was a huge deposit of gold and silver in Nevada that lured thousands of California miners to Nevada?

• Chisholm Trail

• Comstock Lode

• Golden Spike

• Sutter's Mill

What was created for the many Americans wanting a way to travel from across the country? (Connecting the East to West).

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Telegraph

• Oregon Trail

• Erie Canal

Select the starting and connecting points of the two companies that built the transcontinental railroad.

• Sacramento, CA

• Promontory Point, UT

• Abilene, KS

• Omaha, NE

• Carson City, NV

Why did the miners need timber for their mines in the Comstock Lode?

• to make all of their tools

• to burn for light

• to burn for heat

• to keep the mine from collapsing

What was in the blue colored mud that made mining for gold so difficult?

• Boulders

• Silver

• Clay

• Lava

Why would cattle be driven to Kansas?

• Civil War fighting prevented them from going easth

• Ships couldn't carry enough cattle

• That is where the railroads were.

• Kansas had hungry gold miners.

What closed the open range (needed for cattle drives)

• Elite Military Units (buffalo soldiers)

• Iron doors

• Shortage of cattle

• Barbed wire

Who were the common railroad workers?

• Chinese

• Irish Immigrants

• Eskimos

• Civil War veterans

• Gold miners

What symbol signified the connection of the transcontinental railroad?

• The Golden Spike

• The Golden Rail

• A friendship medal

• A buffalo