Chapter 3 - Americans Move West

The Chisholm Trail was used primarily by

• cowboys to drive cattle

• the Pony Express to transport mail

• Paiute Indians to hunt buffalo

• the US Army to build forts

By 1850, the western boundary of the American Frontier had been pushed to the Pacific Ocean by the

• construction of the intercontinental railroad

• discovery of silver and gold mines in Nevada

• donation of the Great Plains to war veterans

• admission of the sate of California

The Oklahoma land rush signified the

• end of the frontier

• strength of the Populist Party

• rise of deflation

• pointlessness of the Farmers' Alliance

Dry farming is best described as the

• cultivation of crops during droughts

• conversion of fields into grazing land

• growing of crops that do not need much water

• development of fields far from water sources

What led up the the Long Walk in 1864?

• The discovery of gold in California
• The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Geronimo surrendered to the US Army

• Raids by US troops left the Navajo without food and shelter, forcing them to surrender

Native Americans of the Plains survived by

• selling furs

• gathering roots

• breeding horses

• hunting buffalo

The 11 million acres of land opened in the Oklahoma land rush belonged to the

• Lakota Sioux Indians

• southern Plains Indains

• Creek and Seminole Indians

• Navajo and NezPerce Indians

Which characteristic of the Texas longhorn made it significant to the Cattle Kingdom?

• little need for water and an ability to survive in harsh weather

• a diet of grain, which left grassland available for grazing sheep

• meat that fetched a high price in overseas markets

• strength to handle northward cattle drives

During western settlement in the 1850's reservations were set up to provide

• plots of land for miners and settlers

• living spaces for Native Americans to breed livestock

• small areas for Native Americans to breed livestock

• temporary housing for cowboys on Native American land

Which of the following characterized the boomtowns of the West?

• high birth rates

• sudden growth

• tightly clustered houses

• underground gold mines