Chapter 11 - Settling the West

The “long drive” was when

• cowboys herded cattle hundreds of miles to a railroad line.

• cowboys herded cattle hundreds of miles to a circus.

• Native Americans traveled on their forced westward migration.

• wagon trains traveled through the Rocky Mountains.

What effect did the use of barbed wire to fence off land on the open range have on cattle ranching?

• It harmed cattle, reducing the number that made it to market.

• It blocked cattle trails, making it difficult to get cattle to market.

• It prevented cattle from finding food, reducing the number of cattle that survived each year.

• It required too much effort to maintain, so ranchers abandoned their ranches.

In the 1890s, some farmers tried to survive by mortgaging their land because

• a glut of wheat on the world market caused prices to drop.

• a series of floods destroyed several years of crops.

• prices for wheat dropped when demand for corn grew.

• they needed money to grow cotton instead of wheat.

After ore deposits near the surface dwindled, mining corporations began using

• placer mining.

• quartz mining.

• strip mining.

• tunnel mining.

People using the phrase “Pikes Peak or Bust!” were

• cattle ranchers.

• dry farmers.

• gold miners.

• mountain climbers.

Which of the following was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains?

• flooding

• plague

• too many trees

• prairie fires

Before the Sand Creek Massacre, the Cheyenne had come to Fort Lyon to

• attack.

• defend their land.

• negotiate.

• surrender.

The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief’s followers

• continued hunting buffalo.

• left their reservation.

• performed a ritual.

• raided nearby farms.

Many Mexican Americans lost their lands in the West because

• American courts would not recognize Spanish land grants.

• Mexican courts forced them to sell to American settlers.

• they decided to leave the area before new settlers arrived.

• they fought against U.S troops during the War with Mexico.

author of A Century of Dishonor

• Washington Irving

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Herman Melville

• Henry David Thoreau