AH - Unit 4 Test Review

What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

• ranching

• farming

• fur trading

• mining

Although only a fraction of the herds survived when ranchers rounded up their cattle in 1866, it was the first

• long drive

• open range

• range war

• wagon train

In 1859, when prospector Henry Comstock staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada, the sticky blue-gray mud there turned out to be

• iron ore

• silver ore

• fool’s gold

• lead

Deep deposits of minerals led to the creation of one of the most legendary boomtowns that dotted the mining frontier, known as

• Pike’s Peak

• Comstock

• Virginia City

• Leadville

Eventually, and after considerable loss of life, the open range was largely fenced off with a new invention called

• barbed wire

• electric fences

• lariats

• range barriers

Threshing machines were used for

• harvesting wheat

• clearing homesteads

• planting crops

• improving irrigation

Which of the following were hardships that early settlers on the Great Plains faced?

• too many trees

• crowded cities

• scorching summers

• dangerous factories

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

• the mining industry

• plow manufacturers

• cattle ranchers

• the government

The Great Plains extends westward to the

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean

What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give the area?

• Great American Desert

• Unfit Frontier

• Wheat Belt

• Indian Territory