Settling The West

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

• established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
• offered free land to those willing to farm it.
• offered land to gold prospectors.
• promised protection from Native Americans.

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton
• Deer
• Buffalo
• Gold

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

• only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.
• the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.
• the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.
• most of the land was too far from existing towns.

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

• railroad workers.
• Great Plains farmers.
• Oklahomans.
• cowhands.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting

• wagon trains
• railroads
• trucks
• tractors

Most farmers on the Great Plains grew ___________ because it could endure the dry conditions

• corn
• barley
• wheat
• cotton

Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?

• The use of sod for houses
• The invention of barbed wire
• The development of railroads
• The disappearance of big mining companies

Grazing cattle on government property for free with no restrictions was called

• open season
• open range
• open opportunity
• open ranching

Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?

• Wounded Knee
• The Little Bighorn
• Bull Run
• Falling Timbers