Homework Check 2.1

Match the following

• prospectors

• The Comstock strike turned _________________, of Nevada, into a boomtown.

• Boomtowns

• The rapidly growing communities that appeared at the site of mineral strikes were called ________________ .

• the Federal Government

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

• longhorn

• The Texas _________________ was a breed of cattle descended from Spanish cattle that had been brought to Mexico two centuries earlier.

• Virginia City

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

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by

• tunnel mining.

• placer mining.

• hydraulic mining.

• quartz mining.

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

• copper.

• silver.

• gold.

• diamonds.

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

• the areas were too hard to reach.

• the minerals were buried too deep.

• there were no minerals to find.

• mining companies had claimed them.

Huge ranchers that covered thousands of acres were called

• haciendas.

• lariats.

• barrios.

• stampedes.

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

• the availability of free land

• the arrival of large numbers of miners

• the presence of peaceful, orderly towns

• the growth of the cattle industry