Chapter 19, Lesson 2 - Ranchers and Farmers

How much land did the Homestead Act of 1862 give?

• 100 acres

• 150 acres

• 160 acres

• 170 acres

In 1862 the government encouraged settlement on the Plains by passing what law?

• Homestead Act
• Homes Act
• Holmes Act
• The Stead of Homes Act

How much did it cost to file a claim to take advantage of the Homestead Act?

• $20
• $5
• $15
• $10

What nickname was given to people who had secretly slipped across the border of Oklahoma to claim land before the official land rush?

• Sooners
• Laters
• Cheaters
• Siblings

African Americans who left the South after the Reconstruction and migrated west to settle in Kansas became known as Sodbusters

• True
• False

Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system?

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

8) Why did cowboys drive their herds of cattle north from Texas along the Chisholm and other trails?

• to get them to Kansas railway stations
• to move them to better grazing lands in Oklahoma
• to trade them with Native Americans in Indian Territory
• to escape Mexican ranchers moving into Texas from the south

25) Which of the following was NOT a reason that the age of the cowboy came to an end? 

• The invention of barbed wire
• Markets and cities back East no longer desired beef as a food source
• Rail lines were built into Texas
• Overproduction and falling cattle prices

The term "Wild West" describes the idea that the West was a place with

• gun slinging cowboys, exciting adventures, and big opportunities
• big business such as mining and ranching
• dangerous wild animals and peaceful Native Americans

A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to

• South Dakota
• Nevada
• Oklahoma
• Nebraska