Question 1
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What was the chief requirement for all ranchers looking for land?
the availability of cowboys
vegetation
fencing
water
Question 2
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How did ranchers change the way they operated on the Great Plains after the deadly blizzards of 1885-1886 and 1886-1887?
all of these answers are correct
they fenced in their herds and provided food for them when the grass was not sufficient
they went from controlling only the land that they owned to controlling hundreds to thousands of acres of open range land
they sold their horses and only used herding dogs
Question 3
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Who were the Exodusters?
Native Americans who headed west to get land under the Homestead Act
Former sharecroppers who migrated to Kansas
Single women who headed west to get land under the Homestead Act
All of these answers are correct
Question 4
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Which company began laying railroad track from Sacramento, California, heading east?
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Question 5
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Which of the following could be deadly to the rancher and his cowboys if their bite was not treated?
centipedes
rattlers
all of these answers are correct
scorpions
Question 6
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Which company began laying railroad track west from Omaha, Nebraska?
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Northern Pacific
Question 7
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The early settlers heading west went by ________.
all of these answers are correct
wagon train
steamboat
rail transport
Question 8
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What was the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?
an act that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States
an act that gave the western states more than 17 million acres of land to finance the building of colleges teaching agriculture and engineering
an act that authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad connecting the east and west coasts
an act designed to spur the western mining industry and help the national economy
Question 9
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What was the crop of choice on the Great Plains?
corn
cotton
wheat
natural rubber
Question 10
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What was required in order to receive 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act?
A small fee to register the land
A promise to live on the land for five years
All of these answers are correct
A promise to make improvements to the land in the form of buildings or farms
Question 11
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The tradition of the cowboy that we know in America began with the ________ explorers and settlers in the 1500s.
French
British
Spanish
Native American
Question 12
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Why did large companies take over most mining operations?
local cowboys were stealing the rocks containing gold and silver
mine shafts needed to be dug deeper into the earth
miners needed more sophisticated panning technologies
all of these answers are correct
Question 13
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After the harsh winter of 1886-1887 a number of ranchers made a switch to raising ________.
horses
sheep
goats
buffalo
Question 14
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Why were mining unions formed?
miners faced the risk of cave-ins
miners faced the risk of gas poisoning
miners faced the risk of dynamite explosions
all of these answers are correct
Question 15
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What was the Morrill Act?
an act that gave the western states more than 17 million acres of land to finance the building of colleges teaching agriculture and engineering
a law that governed prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold and silver, on public lands
an act that authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad connecting the east and west coasts
an act that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States