The Wild West

The Wild West

8th Grade

12 Qs

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The Wild West

The Wild West

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History

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What reasons would people have for being hesitant to settle the West?

(Click all that apply)

Infertile soil

inadequate water suppplies

hostile Indians

lack of trees for lumber and fuel

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did ghost towns emerge in the West?

Many times the town's main business would close down causing people to abandon the town.

When local mining operations panned out and all the available ore was removed, people left.

They evolved into boom towns.

People left these areas because of superstitions.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In which state did most cattle trails originate?

Oklahoma

Texas

New Mexico

Missouri

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What were some of the hardships that prairie settlers had to endure?

(Click all that apply)

Erosion of topsoil.

Prairie fires.

Severe weather.

Large swarms of insects.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This person (or persons) was in charge of the men, equipment, animals, and getting the herd to market.

The trail boss

The point men

The swing and flank men.

The wrangler

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Cultural genocide is:

The destruction of a group's identity.

The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.

Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.

Another name for Oklahoma.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Dawes Act of 1887

The destruction of a group's identity.

The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.

Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.

Another name for Oklahoma.

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