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West and the Frontier

Authored by Kathryn Scott

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8th Grade

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West and the Frontier
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

mining

ranching

farming

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

mining towns that grew quickly and were famous for being lawless

boomtowns

minetowns

placertowns

ghosttowns

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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.

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