Ch. 10 & 11 Nebraska History Test

The Republicans and Democrats in Nebraska were called:

• South Platters and South Rivers

• South Yankees and Chautauquas

• North Platters and South Platters

• Populists and South Yankees

Which was NOT a reason the capital city stayed in eastern Nebraska?

• The West was too cold.

• The land was too dry to grow crops in western Nebraska.

• Indian warriors raided settlements in the West.

• The West was too unsettled.

The cattle industry in Nebraska began:

• because there were no more buffalo

• because cowboys needed jobs

• when the Civil War started

• after ranchers discovered prairie grasses were healthy for cattle

Ranchers used brands to:

• mark their cattle

• plow their fields

• fence their cattle

• build their homes

Which two inventions changed the way people lived in Nebraska?

• granges and brands

• open ranges and railroads

• windmills and barbed wires

• barbed wires and Chautauquas

Which is NOT a change the Poplulists wanted to see happen?

• They wanted lower taxes.

• They wanted all children to go to school.

• They wanted longer work days.

• They wanted old soldiers to get more money from the government.

____________ brought children to Nebraska from the East so that people could adopt them.

The Trans-Mississippi Exposition showed that Nebraska was becoming more modern.

• True

• False

How did Minnie Freeman become a national hero?

• saved her students in a blizzard

• saved her students in a tornado

• was the first woman teacher

• saved her family from a fire

Which was NOT a new invention in the 20th century?

• airplanes

• electricity

• computers

• wagons