History Test 2
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Its my history final
- 1.Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by:
- A.
Quartz mining
- B.
Strip mining
- C.
Placer mining
- D.
Surface mining
- 2.In the early 1800s, Americans did not think cattle ranches on the Great Plains were practical because:
- A.
With so little rain, not enough grass could grow to support large herds.
- B.
Eastern cattle could not survive on the tough prairie grasses.
- C.
Wagon trains had stripped the land of the resources needed to support ranching.
- D.
Hostile native americans in the area made settlement hazardous.
- 3.The Dawes Act attempted to help native americans by
- A.
Selling land and building a trust of money for them
- B.
Returning them to their natice lands
- C.
Reintroducing the buffalo to reservation lands
- D.
Training them to become farmers
- 4.After ore near the surface dwindled, mining corporations began:
- A.
Quartz mining
- B.
Strip mining
- C.
Placer mining
- D.
Tunnel mining
- 5.The fencing of the open range resulted in all of the following except:
- A.
The end of long cattle drives
- B.
The transition of cowboys to ranch lands
- C.
The replacement of longhorns with new european breeds
- D.
The decline of the cattle industry in favor of sheep ranching.
- 6.Which of the following was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains?
- A.
Prairie fires
- B.
Flooding
- C.
Too many treees
- D.
Loose soil
- 7.Before the sand creek massacre, the cheyenne had come to camp lyon to
- A.
Negotiate
- B.
Surrender
- C.
Attack
- D.
Defend their land
- 8.The Cornstock strike turned the town of _______________, Nevada, into a boomtown.
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