Chapter 19 Review - Opening the West

Who was the Civil War veteran defeated in battle at Little Bighorn?

• George Custard
• William McKinley
• J.M. Chivington
• George Custer

What farmers’ group’s purpose was to socially connect farmers to a community and offer cash-only cooperatives?

• National Grange
• Populist Party
• Farmers' Alliance

In 1862 the government encouraged settlement on the Plains by passing what law?

• Homestead Act
• Homes Act
• Holmes Act
• The Stead of Homes Act

Members of the ________ wanted to replace the nation’s gold-based currency with free silver.

• Farmers' Alliance
• Populist Party
• Republican Party
• National Grange

Who was the leader of the Apaches who surrendered in 1886?

• Crazy Horse
• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo
• Sitting Bull

What state is Pikes Peak in?

• Colorado
• Alaska
• California
• Nevada

The United States government promised that no white person would be permitted to settle or occupy the Black Hills.

• True
• False

What group added stability to boomtowns by founding schools and churches?

• Men
• Women
• Native Americans
• Children

What was most of the silver found in rich mineral ores under the earth called?

• Lodes
• Booms
• Gold Dust
• Silver Pebbles

What were new cities that sprang up around mining centers named?

• ghosttowns
• boomtowns
• funkytowns
• cowtowns