Ch. 11 Settling the West

What land grant created many of the states colleges?

• Morrill Act

• Homestead Act

• Carnegie Act

Who would win the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• General Custer

• Crazy Horse

• General Carson

What mineral would be found near Virginia City, Nevada?

• gold

• iron ore

• silver

What resource would make Denver the second largest city in the West?

• coal

• gold

• copper

Large deposits of earth would be removed for miners through the process of...

• placer mining

• sluice mining

• hydraulic mining

Hydraulic mining would have a negative impact on....

• fishing

• prospecting

• farming

This breed of cattle was the descendent of Spanish cattle brought in the 1600s.

• Hereford

• Angus

• Longhorn

Haciendas were a system of....

• mines

• farms

• ranches

Hispanics were most influential in the state of.....

• California

• Texas

• New Mexico

The Great Plains were an environment without natural challenges.

• True

• False