
The Wild West
Authored by Steven Snell
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What reasons would people have for being hesitant to settle the West?
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Infertile soil
inadequate water suppplies
hostile Indians
lack of trees for lumber and fuel
2.
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1 min • 1 pt
Why did ghost towns emerge in the West?
Many times the town's main business would close down causing people to abandon the town.
When local mining operations panned out and all the available ore was removed, people left.
They evolved into boom towns.
People left these areas because of superstitions.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In which state did most cattle trails originate?
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Missouri
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What were some of the hardships that prairie settlers had to endure?
(Click all that apply)
Erosion of topsoil.
Prairie fires.
Severe weather.
Large swarms of insects.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This person (or persons) was in charge of the men, equipment, animals, and getting the herd to market.
The trail boss
The point men
The swing and flank men.
The wrangler
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Cultural genocide is:
The destruction of a group's identity.
The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.
Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.
Another name for Oklahoma.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Dawes Act of 1887
The destruction of a group's identity.
The effort to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream US society by encouraging them towards farming and agriculture.
Tracts of land set aside for Native Americans.
Another name for Oklahoma.
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