8Ch3 Opening the West

In 1858 gold was found in Pike’s Peak in the Colorado Rockies.

• True

• False

The entire transcontinental railroad was built by one railroad company

• True

• False

The act passed in 1862 granting free land to settlers was called the Free Land Act.

• True

• False

The goal of the Dawes Act was to break up the reservations

• True

• False

Overgrazing was one of the reasons for the collapse of the Cattle Kingdom.

• True

• False

used for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas

• Red Cloud

• National Grange

• Chisholm Trail

• Great Plains

• Chief Joseph

farmers’ organization

• Red Cloud

• National Grange

• Chisholm Trail

• Great Plains

• Chief Joseph

Sioux leader in Fetterman’s Massacre

• Red Cloud

• National Grange

• Chisholm Trail

• Great Plains

• Chief Joseph

Nez Perce leader

• Red Cloud

• National Grange

• Chisholm Trail

• Great Plains

• Chief Joseph

location of the largest reservations

• Red Cloud

• National Grange

• Chisholm Trail

• Great Plains

• Chief Joseph