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11.1 Settling the West

Authored by Wendy W

History

9th - 12th Grade

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11.1 Settling the West
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The Comstock strike turned the town of _____ , Nevada, into a boomtown.

Virginia City

boomtowns

the federal government

longhorn

prospectors

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The rapidly growing communites that appeared a the site of mineral strikes were callled _________

Virginia City

boomtowns

the federal government

longhorn

prospectors

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Many ____________ became rich when the mines they created generated huge profits.

Virginia City

boomtowns

the federal government

longhorn

prospectors

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The Texas ______ was a breed of cattle descended from Spanish cattle that had been brought to Mexico two centruies earlier.

Virginia City

boomtowns

the federal government

longhorn

prospectors

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The "open range" referred to a vast area of grassland owned by ______________________.

Virginia City

boomtowns

the federal government

longhorn

prospectors

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Early prospectors would extract shallow depoists of ore by

hydraulic mining

placer mining

quartz mining

tunnel mining

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

copper

diamonds

gold

silver

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