Chapter 19 Lesson 1 and 2 Quiz Review

_____________ added stability to boomtowns by founding schools.

• Men

• Native Americans

• Women

• African Americans

What was the most of the silver found in riddh mineral ores under the earth called?

• boons

• lodes

• gold dust

• gold pebbles

The network of railroads expanded between 1865-1890.

• True

• False

The ___________ hired Chinese laborers to work on its tracks.

• Central Pacific

• Reading Railroad

• Union Pacific

• Great Plains Pacific

In 1883 the American Railway divided the country into four time zones.

• True

• False

In boomtowns, what were the people called who practiced their own brand of justice without the benefit of a judge?

• bandits

• busters

• vaqueros

• vigilantes

When "booms" were followed by "busts", what did towns become?

• bust towns

• dead towns

• dusty towns

• ghost towns

Which kinds of government financial aid and land grants paid for railroad construction?

• loans from boomtowns

• discounts

• subsidies

• gold subsidies

When the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, where did the two sets of tracks meet?

• Ft. Collins, Colorado

• Promontory Summit, Utah

• Salt Lake City, Utah

• Twin Falls, Idaho

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

• True

• False