Social Studies-Chapter 6
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In the sixth chapter of our ongoing series of social studies quizzes, we take a closer look at such topics as settlers on the Great Plains, Joseph McCoy, long drives, the range wars and mining booms.
- 1.Settlers on the Great Plains used sod to build their houses because ______________________________.
- A.
Sod houses were cleaner than other buildings.
- B.
There were few trees that could be used for wood.
- C.
Houses made from wood were too cold in the winters.
- D.
The railroads paid people to live in sod houses.
- 2.The person who invented a stronger plow to cut through the thick sod was ____________________________.
- A.
Joseph Glidden
- B.
James Oliver
- C.
Richard King
- D.
George Custer
- 3.Which of the following caused some farmers to leave their farms on the Great Plains?
- A.
Railroads
- B.
Immigrants
- C.
Low crop prices
- D.
Barbed wire
- 4.After Joseph McCoy opened his stokyards near some railroad tracks in Abilene, Kansas, ___________________________.
- A.
Many farmers moved to the Great Plains
- B.
The Indians started moving to the reservations.
- C.
Ranchers started moving cattle to the "cow towns".
- D.
The mining boom in the West ended.
- 5.What were long drives?
- A.
Transportation by railroad
- B.
Special areas of farmland given to Homesteaders
- C.
The path of the buffalo migration on the Great Plains
- D.
Trips on which cowhands moved large numbers of cows to the railroads
- 6.The range wars were caused by ___________________________.
- A.
The use of barbed wire.
- B.
The steel plow.
- C.
The British.
- D.
Railroad owners.
- 7.What happened during a mining boom?
- A.
Most people lost all of their money.
- B.
People moved away from mining areas.
- C.
Gold, silver, and copper mines were closed.
- D.
There was quick economic growth.
- 8.Which of the following caused some mining towns to become ghost towns?
- A.
The range wars destroyed all the buildings in the town.
- B.
The mines ran out of gold, silver, or copper.
- C.
The railroads moved away.
- D.
The vaqueros ordered everyone to leave town.
- 9.Law and order was miantained in the mining towns by _________________________.
- A.
The U.S. Army
- B.
Vigilance Committees
- C.
County sheriffs
- D.
The Union Army
- 10.The most important resource of the Plains Indians was ______________________ .
- A.
The buffalo
- B.
The horse
- C.
Wheat
- D.
Corn
- 11.Why did General George Custer take his soldiers to the Little Bighorn River in 1876?
- A.
To open a new railroad through the Black Hills
- B.
To protect cowhands on long drives across the Sioux reservation
- C.
To help miners in a boomtown
- D.
To take back the land the government had given the Sioux
- 12.Why did the U.S. soldiers chase the Nez Perces for more than 1,700 miles?
- A.
Because the Nez Perces were living on land that contained gold
- B.
To punish them for defeating Custer and his soldiers
- C.
Because the Nez Perces were trying to escape to Canada
- D.
To stop them from going to war with the Sioux
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