APUSH The West: Settlement of the Frontier

The South and West resented the impact of industrialization because they felt they

• had become colonies to support the industrial Northeast

• were carrying too much of the burden of production

• were unable to engage in meaningful international trade

Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Plains in the 1800s?

• few trees

• winter blizzards

• hot, dry summers

• massive amounts of rainfall

What led to settlers moving into the mountains of Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona and South Dakota?

• mining

• ranching

• farming

The primary difference between placer and deep-shaft mining was

• the cost of the tools and equipment to do them

• the type of minerals prospectors were looking for

• whether the mine was in mountains or near oceans

mining towns that grew quickly and were famous for being lawless

• boomtowns

• minetowns

• placertowns

• ghosttowns

About half of the miners in the west were

• immigrants

• former slaves

• Native Americans

• children

The first major act of Congress to limit immigration on the basis of race and nationality was

• the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

• the Homestead Act of 1862.

• the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

• the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

Mining contributed to a nationwide crisis in

• monetary policy

• internal improvement

• nullification

Millions of Texas Longhorn cattle were roaming wild and free and were not economically viable until

• railroads reached Kansas.

• Native American resistance was ended.

• barbed wire allowed the herds to be controlled.

barbed wire most benefitted

• farmers

• ranchers

• miners

• minors