American West Quiz

Who discovered the Comstock Lode Nevada gold and silver mine in 1859?

• Leland Stanford

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

• Henry Comstock

What is a cooperative?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

• A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

Who was the Sioux military leader that led army troops to a deadly ambush?

• Leland Stanford

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Henry Comstock

What is currency?

• A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• Money

What is the Dawes Act?

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

• A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

What is dry farming?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

Who were the Exodusters?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

• African Americans who moved from post-reconstruction South to Kansas

What does it mean to extract something?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• To remove

• A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

Who was Geronimo?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

• An Apache leader who was one of the last to lead Native Americans against white settlers

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans

What is the Homestead Act?

• A name given to Great Plains farmers

• Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years

• A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently

• A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans