Settling the West Unit

Comstock Lode was rich in what mineral?

• gold

• copper

• silver

• diamonds

How long did a settler have to live on a homestead to get the title for it?

• 10 years

• 24 months

• 5 years

• 1 year

What was the name given to the Great Plains?

• Great American Desert

• Wheat Belt

• Unfit Frontier

• Indian Territory

Lakota Indians performed what ritual that was prohibited on their reservation?

• Buffalo Dance

• Peace Dance

• Bighorn Dance

• Ghost Dance

How many cattle were taken on the first long cattle drive to Sedalia, MO?

• 400,000

• 260,000

• 310,000

• 10,000

Corporations used _____ to find mineral deposits deep underground

• placer mining

• strip mining

• quartz mining

• diamond mining

The Chisholm Trail went from southeastern Texas to what city in Kansas?

• Ellsworth

• Wichita

• Abilene

• Kansas City

How many cattle went up the Chisholm Trail between 1867 and 1871?

• 1.5 million

• 2 million

• 600,000

• 850,000

The Gold Rush lasted between

• 1848-1855

• 1849-1855

• 1867-1924

• 1887-1898

The Great Plains began west of the Mississippi R. and extends westward to the

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean