Chapter 17 The Last Frontier

What became the world's single richest gold mine?

• Homestake Mine

• Goodnight Loving Trail

What animal did cattlemen of Texas raise?

• Lions

• Tigers

• Bears

• Longhorns

Who was the first richest person to invent the practical barbed wire?

• Philip Armour

• Joseph Glidden

• Gustavus Swift

• James Finney

The man who misjudged the strength and determination of the Sioux Warriors was George (a)   .

All of the following men were famous outlaws except

• Billy the Kid

• Jesse James

• Bat Materson

• Black Bart

The Sioux medicine man Sitting (a)   inspired the Indian Attack at Little Bighorn.

True or False: The decline of the buffalo herds of the West was very damaging to the Indians' way of life.

• True

• False

True or False: The farming of the Great Plains resulted in too much soil erosion.

• True

• False

True or false: Following the Civil War, the United States went on the gold standard.

• True

• False

True or False: The West Coast was the last area of the United States to be settled.

• True

• False