Felicianne
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1.
All of the following were results of the growth of mining except:
A) People flocked to the West in great numbers to try to strike it rich.
B) Gold prices greatly increased as more deposits were found in the West.
C) Vigilante committees formed to try to fight crime in the new mining towns.
D) The increased population in the West allowed some areas to become states.
2.
Boomtowns sprang up in many locations in the late 1800s. What were boomtowns?
A) Modern towns with opera houses, furniture, and fashions from Europe
B) Towns with booming financial institutions
C) Large cities settled by prospectors
D) Abandoned, ghost-towns
3.
Which city was a major supplier to mining towns in Colorado and became the second largest city in the West?
A) Leadville
B) Albuquerque
C) Flagstaff
D) Denver
4.
What were the effects of mining in the 1880s?
A) Colorado, Arizona, the Dakotas, and Montana gained statehood.
B) Railroads were built through the Appalachian Mountains.
C) Tombstone, Arizona became famous for its effective vigilance committee.
D) Mining caused slow growth in the towns where ore was found.
5.
Western mining growth most affected which of the following industries in the United States?
A) Textile mills
B) Railroads
C) Tobacco processing plants
D) Insurance industry
6.
What changed after the Civil War that made moving cattle to eastern markets more practical?
A) Beef was being purchased at higher prices.
B) Roadways were safer when fighting stopped.
C) Horses were available for ranching.
D) Semi trucks were available after the Civil War.
7.
Why did ranchers round up cattle for the long drive from Texas to the Plains?
A) There was better grazing land further north.
B) Ranchers were relocating to the North to join the Union states.
C) Ranchers could sell their cattle at higher prices to be shipped east on the railway.
D) The cattle could not survive on the harsh climate of the Great Plains.
8.
What negative effect of the growth of ranching contributed to the end of the cattle drives?
A) Too many cattle were bred and the herds got too large to move.
B) Cowboys no longer wanted to deal with the rough terrain and difficult conditions on the trails.
C) Sheep herders relocated flocks to the open range and farmers installed barbed wire.
D) Demand for beef in the U.S. dropped, so cattle drives were no longer needed.
9.
What was one way the growth of ranching changed the industry?
A) Ranchers created fenced-in properties for their cattle.
B) Cowboys were no longer needed on ranches.
C) Cattle herds from the East were combined with the longhorns on ranches in the Plains.
D) The number of haciendas increased throughout the West.
10.
All of the following were effects of increased ranching except:
A) Cattle prices decreased over time due to a large supply on the market.
B) Many ranchers attempted to take over lands that Mexican people had claimed for years.
C) Foreign investment in the cattle business
D) A decrease in boomtowns as people moved to the Plains to start ranches
All of the following were results of the growth of mining except:
A) People flocked to the West in great numbers to try to strike it rich.
B) Gold prices greatly increased as more deposits were found in the West.
C) Vigilante committees formed to try to fight crime in the new mining towns.
D) The increased population in the West allowed some areas to become states.
2.
Boomtowns sprang up in many locations in the late 1800s. What were boomtowns?
A) Modern towns with opera houses, furniture, and fashions from Europe
B) Towns with booming financial institutions
C) Large cities settled by prospectors
D) Abandoned, ghost-towns
3.
Which city was a major supplier to mining towns in Colorado and became the second largest city in the West?
A) Leadville
B) Albuquerque
C) Flagstaff
D) Denver
4.
What were the effects of mining in the 1880s?
A) Colorado, Arizona, the Dakotas, and Montana gained statehood.
B) Railroads were built through the Appalachian Mountains.
C) Tombstone, Arizona became famous for its effective vigilance committee.
D) Mining caused slow growth in the towns where ore was found.
5.
Western mining growth most affected which of the following industries in the United States?
A) Textile mills
B) Railroads
C) Tobacco processing plants
D) Insurance industry
6.
What changed after the Civil War that made moving cattle to eastern markets more practical?
A) Beef was being purchased at higher prices.
B) Roadways were safer when fighting stopped.
C) Horses were available for ranching.
D) Semi trucks were available after the Civil War.
7.
Why did ranchers round up cattle for the long drive from Texas to the Plains?
A) There was better grazing land further north.
B) Ranchers were relocating to the North to join the Union states.
C) Ranchers could sell their cattle at higher prices to be shipped east on the railway.
D) The cattle could not survive on the harsh climate of the Great Plains.
8.
What negative effect of the growth of ranching contributed to the end of the cattle drives?
A) Too many cattle were bred and the herds got too large to move.
B) Cowboys no longer wanted to deal with the rough terrain and difficult conditions on the trails.
C) Sheep herders relocated flocks to the open range and farmers installed barbed wire.
D) Demand for beef in the U.S. dropped, so cattle drives were no longer needed.
9.
What was one way the growth of ranching changed the industry?
A) Ranchers created fenced-in properties for their cattle.
B) Cowboys were no longer needed on ranches.
C) Cattle herds from the East were combined with the longhorns on ranches in the Plains.
D) The number of haciendas increased throughout the West.
10.
All of the following were effects of increased ranching except:
A) Cattle prices decreased over time due to a large supply on the market.
B) Many ranchers attempted to take over lands that Mexican people had claimed for years.
C) Foreign investment in the cattle business
D) A decrease in boomtowns as people moved to the Plains to start ranches