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WorksheetsHistory 4, chapter 3
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was the trader that the most popular cattle trail was named after?
Jesse Chisholm
Ezra Fisher
Tom Smith
Who was the colonel who led US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Tom Smith
Jesse Chisholm
George Custer
Who was the Sioux Chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
"Wild Bill" Hickok
Who was one of the missionaries to the West?
Tom Smith
Ezra Fisher
Jesse Chisholm
Who was one of the first marshals of Abilene?
Tom Smith
George Custer
Jesse Chisholm
Who was the Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington, DC, and spoke with President Hayes about his people?
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
"Wild Bill" Hickok
"Sooners" slipped across the borders and claimed land before they were allowed during the ____________.
brands
Oklahoma Land Rush
"Boomers"
To make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, symbols called ____________ were used.
Dawes
"Boomers"
brands
The person in charge of a cattle drive was the ____________.
trail boss
"Boomers"
Dawes
People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents were called _____________________.
brands
Dawes
"Boomers"
The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing the ___________ Act.
"Boomers"
Oklahoma Land Rush
Dawes
When building the transcontinental railroad, workers had to face different landforms.
True
False
Land that was not yet settled
Boomtown
frontier
ghost town
Spanish settlers brought _________ to America.
longhorn cattle
buffalo
goats
A town that grew quickly is called a ___________________.
Sooner
boomtown
ghost town
Farmers settling in the West found that inventions were a great help.
True
False
Prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs
trail boss
"Boomer"
sodbuster
crossing a continent
sodbuster
lode
transcontinental
a rich source of precious metal
lode
rubies
diamonds
moving a herd of cattle
stampede
cattle drive
sodbuster
a sudden rush of scared animals that run away from the trail
sodbuster
cattle drive
stampede
