U.S. History Chapter 11

The "long drive" was when?

• Cowboys herded cattle hundreds of miles to the railroad

• Lewis and Clark mapped their journey to the sea

• Native Americans were forced into westward migration

• wagon trains traveled the Rockey Mountains

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

• prairie fires

• too many trees

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

• hey fought against U.S. troops during the war with Mexico

Who was the author of "A Century of Dishonor"?

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• George Custer

• Black Kettle

• Chief Joseph

One destination for the "Long Drive"?

• Abilene

• Denver

• Wounded Knee

• Washington

Leader of the Cheyenne massacred at Sand Creek?

• Black Kettle

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

Lakota Chief killed at Wounded Knee?

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

• Black Kettle