WorksheetsMining and Ranching
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Technology that proved to be a hindrance to open range cattle drives, but a benefit to farming was ...
lariat
railroad
What caused America to demand more minerals and metals?
Transitioning to an industrial economy
Transitioning to an agricultural economy
Settling the West
Mining
Boomtowns are ___.
Rapidly shrinking towns
Rapidly growing towns
Towns that blew up
Towns with rapidly growing cattle population
Which mining technique involved spraying high-pressured water at the earth to expose minerals?
Placer
Sluice
Hydraulic
Quartz
Which mining technique involved searching riverbeds with boxes & riffle bars?
Placer
Sluice
Hydraulic
Quartz
Texas longhorn cattle had adapted to living in the
Great Lakes
Southwest
Great Plains
Mountains
Vast grassland owned by the federal government is
Great Plains
haciendas
long drive
open range
Which region was having a beef shortage?
Great Plains
Southwest
East
West
Chisholm Trail went from ______ to ______.
Texas to Kansas
Texas to Missouri
Kansas to Missouri
New Mexico to Kansas
What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act?
To encourage western migration
To establish military bases
To create new states
To promote agriculture
Which of the following was a major challenge faced by miners during the Gold Rush?
Harsh weather conditions
Scarcity of food and supplies
Violence and lawlessness
All of the above
