The Expanding US and the Gilded Age Quiz

Which method of mining involved deep digging and removal?

• Placer Mining

• Quartz Mining

• Comstock Lode

• Open Range

What was the name of the silver strike in Six-Mile Canyon in Nevada?

• Placer Mining

• Quartz Mining

• Comstock Lode

• Open Range

What was the vast area across the prairie where cattle were kept for free called?

• Placer Mining

• Quartz Mining

• Comstock Lode

• Open Range

What was the move of longhorns from the open range to the rail lines for sale called?

• Long Drives

• Cowboys

• Great Plains

• Homestead Act of 1862

What was the method of planting deep in the soil called?

• Dry Farming

• Sodbusters

• Bonanza Farms

• Farmers Alliances

What were plowing farmers who often lost crops to harsh conditions called?

• Dry Farming

• Sodbusters

• Bonanza Farms

• Farmers Alliances

What were the commercial farms that dominated the Great Plains called?

• Dry Farming

• Sodbusters

• Bonanza Farms

• Farmers Alliances

What was the reason for the decline of ranching in the Midwest?

• Too much meat on the market

• Fencing the open range

• Lack of buyers

• All of the above

What was the name of the third political party formed by Midwest farmers?

• Farmers Alliances

• Populism

• Dakota Sioux Uprising

• Lakota Sioux Attack

What was the forced peace attempt that put plains Natives on reservations called?

• Dakota Sioux Uprising

• Lakota Sioux Attack

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Indian Peace Commission