3-2 review: Opening the West

The open range is where large areas of land are not fenced in or divided into lots.

• True

• False

Towns located near railroads that were involved in the cattle industry were called Chisholm drive towns.

• True

• False

“Rustlers” tried to steal cattle from cattle drives.

• True

• False

African Americans who moved westward to work as cowhands were called vaqueros.

• True

• False

Many African Americans left the South and moved West in search of a better life.

• True

• False

One of the factors leading to the end of the Cattle Kingdom was

• the Homestead Act

• the price boom of early 1880s

• the price collapse of mid-1880s

• the start of the Long Drive

What is the act in which a symbol is burned into an animal’s hide to show ownership?

• blazing

• branding

• scalding

• stamping

What was one of the frequent dangers on the cattle drives?

• disease

• discrimination

• injuries

• stampedes

By 1881, about how many African Americans had migrated from the Southern states into Kansas?

• 400

• 4,000

• 40,000

• 400,000

Which nickname was given to people who had secretly slipped across the Oklahoma border to claim land before the official Oklahoma Land Rush?

• A. boomers

• B. freelanders

• C. sooners

• D. squatters