Daily Quiz - Chapter 21

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1. The prospectors who raced west to Pikes Peak were known as 'fifty-niners.'

• True
• False

2. The Comstock Lode, first thought to be a rich find, turned out to be worthless.

• True
• False

3. Mining became a big business run by large companies because few individuals could afford the equipment necessary to mine and refine ore.

• True
• False

4. Mining was one of the least hazardous jobs in the West.

• True
• False

5. Mining booms produced boom towns, which grew suddenly when a mine opened and disappeared just as suddenly when the mine closed down.

• True
• False

6. The creation of the Pony Express put the telegraph out of business.

• True
• False

7. To help railroad companies build a transcontinental railroad, the federal government abolished the Pacific Railway Acts in 1862.

• True
• False

8. The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869

• True
• False

9. Railroad companies did not allow people to invest money in the railroads

• True
• False