Settling the West

Which was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It ended the use of the Oregon Trail

• It led to the need to invent the automobile

• It allowed for the rapid population of the western US

• It made getting to mining centers much easier

Which animal of the Great Plains did Native Americans rely on most for their survival?

• Deer

• Antelope

• Prairie Dog

• Bison

The ________ gave white settlers 160 acres of land in the West if they agreed to work the land for 5 years

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Dawes Act of 1887

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny Act of 1875

American cowboys were inspired by _________.

• Maestros

• Vaqueros

• Buffalo soldiers

• Caballeros

__________ is the attempt to make a group's culture/language resemble those of another, larger group.

• Reservation

• Prospecting

• Assimilation

• Osmosis

Towns that quickly grew up around gold discoveries were known as________. These same towns became known as _________ when the gold dried up.

• Reservations; Boomtowns

• Boomtowns; Ghost towns

• Suburbs; Boomtowns

• Ghost towns; Boomtowns

__________ were set up for Native American tribes to move to because the US government wanted their lands for mining and farming.

• Concentration camps

• National parks

• Assimilation camps

• Reservations

Cattle were _______ so that livestock owners would know which steer belonged to which rancher.

• Tattooed

• Microchipped

• Branded

• Named

The boomtown of Virginia City, NV was built near the _______ lode site. This lode was worth around $300 million.

• Comstock

• Woodstock

• Dot Com

• Stockholm

Which group did NOT help to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Chinese

• French

• Irish

• African Americans