West and the Frontier

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

mining towns that grew quickly and were famous for being lawless

• boomtowns

• minetowns

• placertowns

• ghosttowns

Settlers were offered 160 acres of western land if they settled it by

• the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

• the Homestead Act of 1862.

• the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

• the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

Which is true about homesteading?

• lack of rain and harsh weather made it difficult to succeed

• about 90% of homesteads were successful

• cutting down forests provided wood for homes

Widespread use of barbed wire, Windmills pumping water from underground,Railroad expansion across Texas.

Which of the following resulted from the causes listed above.

• Increased use of the cattle trails to get cattle to market.

• the development of the Wild West Shows.

• The end of the Open Range era in Texas.

• The end of cattle ranching in Texas.

Why did cattle ranchers in Texas "drive" cattle north to states like Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska ?

• So they could transport their cattle to the markets in the North by railroad.

• So they could trade their cattle with other cattle ranchers.

• They were told they had to move their ranches out of Texas.

• The weather was too cold in Texas to have ranches.

What led to the decline of the Open Range

• over farming

• barbed wire

• refrigeration

• Indian Wars

Led by John Chivington to attack and kill over 400 Cheyenne and Arapaho, 2/3 of which were women and children.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Red Cloud's War

• Sioux War

• Fetterman Massacre

This began when Custer attacked even though he had been ordered to scout and not engage. It resulted in a massive American defeat that has been romanticized by many.

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Battle of Little Bighorn