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History 4, chapter 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the trader that the most popular cattle trail was named after?

a)

Jesse Chisholm

b)

Ezra Fisher

c)

Tom Smith

2.

Who was the colonel who led US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Jesse Chisholm

c)

George Custer

3.

Who was the Sioux Chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

"Wild Bill" Hickok

4.

Who was one of the missionaries to the West?

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Ezra Fisher

c)

Jesse Chisholm

5.

Who was one of the first marshals of Abilene?

a)

Tom Smith

b)

George Custer

c)

Jesse Chisholm

6.

Who was the Nez Perce leader who traveled to Washington, DC, and spoke with President Hayes about his people?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

"Wild Bill" Hickok

7.

"Sooners" slipped across the borders and claimed land before they were allowed during the ____________.

a)

brands

b)

Oklahoma Land Rush

c)

"Boomers"

8.

To make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, symbols called ____________ were used.

a)

Dawes

b)

"Boomers"

c)

brands

9.

The person in charge of a cattle drive was the ____________.

a)

trail boss

b)

"Boomers"

c)

Dawes

10.

People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the ground and setting up hasty tents were called _____________________.

a)

brands

b)

Dawes

c)

"Boomers"

11.

The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing the ___________ Act.

a)

"Boomers"

b)

Oklahoma Land Rush

c)

Dawes

12.

When building the transcontinental railroad, workers had to face different landforms.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Land that was not yet settled

a)

Boomtown

b)

frontier

c)

ghost town

14.

Spanish settlers brought _________ to America.

a)

longhorn cattle

b)

buffalo

c)

goats

15.

A town that grew quickly is called a ___________________.

a)

Sooner

b)

boomtown

c)

ghost town

16.

Farmers settling in the West found that inventions were a great help.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs

a)

trail boss

b)

"Boomer"

c)

sodbuster

18.

crossing a continent

a)

sodbuster

b)

lode

c)

transcontinental

19.

a rich source of precious metal

a)

lode

b)

rubies

c)

diamonds

20.

moving a herd of cattle

a)

stampede

b)

cattle drive

c)

sodbuster

21.

a sudden rush of scared animals that run away from the trail

a)

sodbuster

b)

cattle drive

c)

stampede