11.1 Settling the West

The Comstock strike turned the town of _____ , Nevada, into a boomtown.

• Virginia City

• boomtowns

• the federal government

• longhorn

• prospectors

The rapidly growing communites that appeared a the site of mineral strikes were callled _________

• Virginia City

• boomtowns

• the federal government

• longhorn

• prospectors

Many ____________ became rich when the mines they created generated huge profits.

• Virginia City

• boomtowns

• the federal government

• longhorn

• prospectors

The Texas ______ was a breed of cattle descended from Spanish cattle that had been brought to Mexico two centruies earlier.

• Virginia City

• boomtowns

• the federal government

• longhorn

• prospectors

The "open range" referred to a vast area of grassland owned by ______________________.

• Virginia City

• boomtowns

• the federal government

• longhorn

• prospectors

Early prospectors would extract shallow depoists of ore by

• hydraulic mining

• placer mining

• quartz mining

• tunnel mining

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

• copper

• diamonds

• gold

• silver

Many of the first miners in the Colorado mountains did not find any minerals because

• mining companies had claimed htem

• the areas were too hard to reach

• the minerals were buried too deep

• there were no minerals to find

Huge ranches that covered thousands of acres were called

• barrios

• lariats

• haciendas

• stampedes

Which of the following greatly spurred the settlement of Colorado, Arizona, and Montana.

• the arrival of large numbers of miers

• the availability of free land

• the growth of the cattle industry

• the presence of peaceful, orderly towns