Americans Moving West

Americans Moving West

8th Grade

16 Qs

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Americans Moving West

Americans Moving West

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Towns that suddenly appeared following the discovery of gold or silver in the West

Boomtown

Ghosttown

Comstock Lode

Frontier Town

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Herding and moving cattle over long distances to market

Boomtown

Cattle Drives

Pony Express

Sodbusters

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The name for the large deposit of gold and silver that was discovered in Nevada in 1859?

Open-Range

Exoduster Deposit

Comstock Lode

Reservations

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This was an early mail-carrying system using messengers on horseback?

Transcontinental Railroad

Cattle Drives

Sodbusters

Pony Express

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Frontier

An area of underdeveloped land

African Americans that migrated to the West following the Civil War

Leader of the Apache who resisted the U.S.

The name for a large deposit of gold that was discovered in California in 1849.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The system used by cowboys and vaqueros where cattle were allowed to roam and graze freely?

Cattle Drive

Open-Range

Dry Farming

Frontier System

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This government act provided Americans with 160 acres of free land if they agreed to farm it for 5 years.

Morrill Act

Stamp Act

Homestead Act

Land Grant Act

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