WorksheetsThe Western Frontier
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This helped ranchers and farmers dig underground for water. What is it?
a)
windmill
b)
Oil derrick
c)
steel plow
2.
Why did ranchers put a brand on their cattle?
a)
to identify their cattle
b)
to learn their names
c)
to keep bandits away
3.
This is built to help wildcatters look for oil underground. What is it?
a)
Oil derrick
b)
Oil change
c)
oil rig
4.
What kind of fence ended the cattle drive era?
a)
barbed wire
b)
Wooden
c)
chicken wire
5.
What was the purpose of the "cattle drives"?
a)
to make money from selling their cattle
b)
to remove diseased cattle
c)
fool bandits who wanted to steal their herd
6.
Breed of cattle, known for their hardiness and massive horns.
a)
Longhorn
b)
Charlee
c)
Black Angus
7.
Why did so many people move out west?
a)
Job Oppourtunities
b)
To own land of their own
c)
To acquire silver and gold
d)
all of the above.
8.
What act gave US settlers 160 acres out west if they cultivate the land for 5 years
a)
Roosevelt Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
New Frontier Act
9.
What Act gave Native Americans 160 acres of land if they assimilated to European American culture and embrace private ownership of land.
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Souix/Cherokee Act
10.
Who group of people helped build the transcontinental railroad. They mostly lived out west in California.
a)
Irish
b)
Native Americans
c)
Chinese
11.
This was created to allow Americans to travel quickly across the country. Businesses were able to expand their markets across the country, and towns sprouted up across the country along these lines
a)
Railroad
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Express Railroad
12.
What thesis was written describing the challenges of American frontier and how it gave Americans their character?
a)
Frederick Jackson Turner
b)
Fredrick Douglas Jackson
c)
Jackson Douglas Turner
13.
The ________________ were the major mountain range that the railroad had to be built through.
a)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Applichain Mountains
14.
Who was the man that came up with the idea to build the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Theodore Judah
b)
Charlie Crocker
c)
Appalachian
15.
What is it called when the government offers land or money?
a)
boom town
b)
subsidy
c)
vigilantes
16.
_______________ were created along the railroad lines as it was being built.
a)
Vigilantes
b)
Boomtowns
c)
Nitro-glycerin
17.
This discovery in the Sierra Nevada Mountain caused people to move West to mine for gold and silver.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
gold and diamonds
c)
Boom towns
18.
What piece of equipment made it possible for farmers in the Great Plains to plow through the tough land?
a)
Copper Plow
b)
Silver Plow
c)
Steel Plow
19.
By which means did settlers migrate west?
a)
Covered Wagon
b)
Wagon
c)
Horseback
20.
Why did people often migrate west?
a)
Job oppourtunities
b)
mining silver and gold
c)
religious freedom
d)
all of the above
21.
What was the largest silver deposit ever found in the Sierra Nevada mountain range?
a)
Mountain Load
b)
Comstock Lode
c)
Woodstock Pile
22.
What was the large open grassy areas that cattle could graze upon in the great plains?
a)
down range
b)
open range
c)
closed range
23.
What ended free grazing for cattle and closed the open range?
a)
barbed wire
b)
steel wire
c)
iron wire
24.
What was the tribal name of the Great Plains Indians?
a)
Apache
b)
Pawnee
c)
Sioux
25.
What are people called who migrate/move in patterns following their main food source.
a)
Nomads
b)
Wanders
c)
Migrants
26.
What was the main food source for the Great Plains people?
a)
horse
b)
cattle
c)
buffalo
27.
What happened to Col. Custer's men at the battle of little big horn?
a)
They were all killed
b)
They were victorious
c)
They pushed the Indians back into their reservations
28.
Who was the indian Chief that negotiated with congress on behalf of his people?
a)
Chief Big Foot
b)
Chief Joesph
c)
Chief Sitting Bull
29.
Why did the Lakota Sioux warriors dance the ghost dance?
a)
To restore their lands and banish the white settlers.
b)
to restore the buffalo back to the great plains.
c)
to reunite themselves with their dead ancestors.
d)
all of the above.
30.
What happened at the battle of Wounded Knee?
a)
200 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children were killed in an ambush.
b)
All the Army calvary were annihilated at one time.
c)
Native American/Calvary ended upon a signed agreement.
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