Ch.11 Assessment

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by

• Hydraulic mining

• Placer Mining

• Quartz Mining

• Tunnel Mining

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

• Silver

• Gold

• Money

• Diamonds

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

• They were buried too deep

• They did not have the right tools

• They did not think it was worth their time

• There was guard protecting them

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

• the arrival of large numbers of miners

• availability of free land

• the growth of the cattle industry

• the presence of peaceful, orderly towns

Threshing machines were used for

• clearing homesteads

• harvesting wheat

• improving irrigation

• planting crops

Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

• Cattle Ranchers

• the government

• mining industry

• plow manufacturers

Large landholders on the Great Plains were able to

• Determine their own prices

• grow an crops they wanted

• invest in the tools they needed

• prevent droughts from happening

The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they ____________ for five years

• cut down trees

• fenced it off

• lived on it

• grew crops

One approach to farming on the Great was "dry farming" in which farmers would _______________________

• cooperated to build community irrigation ditches

• dug out depressions to create ponds for irrigation

• grew crops that would withstand long periods without rain

• planted seeds deep in the ground

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by

• giving them land for farming

• reintroducing the buffalo to native lands

• returning them to their native lands

• sustaining their previous way of life