SOC STUD 1091 CU 3

NAME:

The Chisholm Trail was the cattle trail that ended in _________, Kansas.

• Aberdeen
• Abilene
• Evelyn
• Abalone

Cattlemen disliked __________ fences because the fences made long cattle drives impractical.

• long and pointy
• soft and weak
• barbed-wire
• cemented

The __________ Detective Agency was the most effective law enforcement organization in the West.

• Punkerton
• Pinkton
• Pinkerton
• Polar

William “Buffalo Bill” Cody earned his nickname by supplying buffalo meat to the thousands of workers building the transcontinental _______ across the plains.

• bridges
• schools
• railroad
• bunkhouses

The Native Americans were angry because the United States had broken its promise to never bother the Native Americans living in the ____________.

• Black Forest
• Black Valleys
• Black Hiils
• Black Mountains

Which battle became known as “Custer’s Last Stand?”

• The Battle at the Little Bighorn
• The Battle at the Long Bighorn
• The Battle at the Custer's Bighorn

Both the Colt .44 revolver and the _________ rifle were the most recognized guns used during the 1870s, and both were called “the gun that won the West.”

• Westminster
• Worchester
• Winchester

After the War Between the States, America entered its ____________ Age, which lasted nearly 100 years.

• Instrumental
• Industrious
• Industrial
• Indomitable

Two factors that helped American industry grow were the _____________ system and the advancement of inventions and technology.

• free-project
• free-port
• free-expression
• free-enterprise