Miners, Ranchers & Railroads

Miners, Ranchers & Railroads

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Miners, Ranchers & Railroads

Miners, Ranchers & Railroads

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

Boulders

Silver

Clay

Lava

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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.

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