WorksheetsWestern Statehoods
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many total times has Montana written a new constitution?
1
2
3
4
Montana borrowed from the constitutions of which three states?
Wyoming, Massachusetts, North Carolina
Colorado, New York, California
Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona
Washington, Florida, Nebraska
What was the westward ending point of the Louisiana Purchase that also splits Montana in two?
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Continental divide
Mississippi River
Which Native American group did not have a presence in Montana?
Cheyenne
Blackfeet
Assiniboine
Cherokee
Why did the 1866 constitution have no chance at succeeding?
The population was too small
The territory was too young and inexperienced
The constitution was not well written and was too simple for congress to consider it
Congress did not want Montana to become a state because of its large native population
Why did the people of Montana want Montana to become a state so bad?
They wanted to move the capitol to Montana but had to be a state do do so
They had been a territory for a long time and thought they deserved to be a state
They were tax paying citizens but had no vote in congress
They wanted the US mail service to deliver their letters
For how many years was Montana a territory?
25 years
18 years
100 years
8 months
What does the the following quote, sent by telegram to Joseph K. Toole, infer about the people of Montana?
"The people of Montana rejoice in the belief that our statehood and the statehood of our sister territories is so near at hand"
The state of Montana wants to secede from the union
They have extreme hatred for the US and want to create their own country
They don't want to be a state in the US
They are excited and ready to become a state
How many different territories was the land that makes up Montana a part of before it became its own territory?
(map is not completely accurate)
1
3
7
9
What other three territories became US States within days of Montana?
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana
Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado
Texas, California, Oregon
Idaho, Nevada, Arizona
What natural resource near Leadville triggered a mass movement of people to the state in 1878?
Gold
Silver
Coal
Oil
Which US president signed the proclamation admitting Colorado as the 38th state in 1876?
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford B Hayes
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S Grant
Why is Colorado called the Centennial state?
It became a state 100 years after the US gained its independence
It took 100 years from the time it was a territory until it became a state
It has been 100 year since it became a state
It was the 100th state of the US
What Native American group lived in cliff dwelling throughout Colorado?
Anasazi
Apache
Navajo
Mojave
What is now the state of Colorado was originally called Jefferson territory as well as Colona, Osage, and...
Nevada
Utah
Nebraska
Idaho
What does this article mean for the state of Colorado?
It will become a state in the US
The President will consider the idea that Colorado could become a US state
Colorado will not become a US state
Colorado has officially became a US territory
What treaty gave the rights of the western part of Colorado to the US?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Utrecht
What other natural resource was discovered in the South Platte, Clear Creek, and other rivers around the Pike's Peak area in 1850?
Gold
Silver
Sodium
Lithium
Who was the Colorado war fought between?
Native Americans vs Native Americans
Native Americans and Coloradans
US army and Coloradans
US army and Native Americans
The Colorado Coalfield War was a strike between the United Mine Workers of America and who's Colorado Fuel and Iron company?
Henry Frick
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
