WorksheetsCO - THE HIGHEST STATE - CH. 16-18 QUIZ
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
After World War II the population in Colorado
a. decreased
b. did not change
c. increased
d. shifted to the Western Slope
Charles Boettcher was a smart businessman because he put his money into
a. silver mining
b. resort towns
c. parks and recreation facilities
d. many different businesses
Which of the following companies depends on beet farming?
a. Storage Technology Corp.
b. Great Western Sugar
c. Samsonite Luggage
d. Johns Manville
La Raza means “the people” and is a political party representing…
a. African Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Hispanics / Latinos
d. Native Americans
The Park Hill Neighborhood in Denver is noted for the integration of
a. blacks and whites
b. Hispanics and Anglos
c. Japanese and Germans
d. Asians and Europeans
In 1972, because of environmental and growth development concerns, Colorado voters rejected the ________________________. Many felt the costs outweighed the benefits.
a. oil shale projects
b. 100th birthday of Colorado
c. Georgetown-Silver Plume Railroad
d. 1976 Winter Olympics
In order to preserve the character of certain old neighborhoods, many communities have established
a. historic districts.
b. hazardous waste dumps.
c. resort facilities with modern hotels.
d. ghost towns.
In Colorado the cutting of many trees in the mountains has caused
a. dust bowls.
b. floods.
c. tornados.
d. earthquakes.
Before reforms of the Progressive Era such as Prohibition, you could register, vote and be compensated for your good citizenship in a saloon. Candidates who offered drinks for votes were known as:
a. wet
b. dry
c. Independent
d. Republican
e. Democrat
This special packaging was invented in Golden, Colorado by the Coors company in 1959:
a. the six pack
b. the aluminum can
c. the keg
d. the twins
These laws during the nineteen teens and twenties hurt the Coors Brewing business significantly.
a. Referendum
b. draft
c. soft drink laws
d. Prohibition
This is the longest commercial thoroughfare in America and is the heart, soul, and shape of Denver and the Rocky Mountain West; a.k.a. “Mainstreet Colorado”:
a. I-25
b. Colfax Ave.
c. I-70 and E-470
d. Larimer Square
Which decade did the Colorado media giant of KOA Radio 850 AM begin in Denver?
a. 1910’s
b. 1920’s
c. 1940’s
d. 1950’s
The Roberts Tunnel brings western slope water to the Front Range from where?
a. Lake Dillon
b. Cherry Creek Reservoir
c. Cheesman Dam
d. Lake Powell
Early bicyclists pressured local governments to improve ______________. These improvements still benefit us everyday. Their efforts had a major impact on transportation.
a. railroad crossings
b. stop signs and stop lights
c. dangerous rutted roads by paving them
d. rubber for tires
During the Great Depression and World War II, this president led the nation and visited the Remington Arms Factory in west Denver, riding through the plant in a limosin.
a. Harry S Truman
b. FDR
c. JFK
d. Eisenhower
After World War II, the G.I. bill of rights helped many veterans to get…
a. an education at schools like DU
b. a vacation in Europe
c. surfing lesions in Hawaii
d. skiing lessons at Vail
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division returned from WWII to Colorado to create…
a. the sugar beet business on the Great Plains
b. the skiing industry in the Rockies
c. the terrorism fighting business
d. the Moffat Tunnel
In 1943 Business Week magazine called Denver the “ __________________________ “ for “showing how a city and an Army camp can get on peaceably and profitably.”
a. armory of the plains and mountains
b. good neighbor city
c. Washington, D.C. of the west
d. Rocky Mountain Arsenal
In 1942, this barrier made Amache Colorado’s 10th largest town:
a. the South Platte River flood
b. barbed wire around this internment prison camp for Japanese-American citizens
c. a ring of tee-pees representing the Sand Creek Encampment
d. the great piles of snow, ice, and rock of an avalanche
