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American Frontier Test 3 2024 with correct answers
American Frontier Test 3 2024 with correct answers
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American Frontier Test 3 2024 withcorrect answers
1. What was the main difference between mining settlers and most other
frontier people?
a. They were more likely to travel in small bands.
b. They were much better at getting along with Native Americans.
c. They lived in the more unattractive parts of the west, not the fertile
valleys.
d. They were much more patriotic as American settlers than most. - -c. They
lived in the more unattractive parts of the west, not the fertile valleys.
-2. Why were conditions so ripe for another gold rush in Colorado in 1859?
a. There was a depression in the East and relatively easy transportation
routes.
b. Native Americans had already been moved to reservations opening up the
land.
c. Several large cities had already been established to provide miners with
supplies.
d. Lots of Mormons in Utah were telling travelers of gold in California - -a.
There was a depression in the East and relatively easy transportation routes.
-3. What was the result of the Pike's Peak gold rush of 1859?
a. It led to a booming economy in Colorado and it quickly became a state.
b. It led to a series of wars with various Plains Indian tribes who lived there.
c. It ended up being one of the greatest disappointments in the history of the
frontier.
d. None of the above. - -c. It ended up being one of the greatest
disappointments in the history of the frontier.
-4. How would one describe the first miners who would reach a new gold
field?
a. Orderly men who did not need much in the way of social organization
b. Criminals and con artists who were often fleeing prosecution in other
towns
c. Small family groups who were being led by a strong patriarch
d. Soldiers from nearby forts who heard rumors of gold in the hills from
natives - -a. Orderly men who did not need much in the way of social
organization
-5. What was the initial name chosen for the Colorado territory and state?
a. Mountainside
b. Jefferson
c. Cheyenne
, d. Jackson - -b. Jefferson
-6. How did miners find the richest parts of the Comstock Lode?
a. They used hydraulic mining.
b. They used dynamite to blast open portions of the mountain.
c. They used rakes to clear away the sand above the veins of ore.
d. They sank a deep shaft into the earth. - -d. They sank a deep shaft into
the earth.
-7. How were the precious metals discovered at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Mine?
a. A Shoshone Indian brought some silver to Fort Hall in Idaho.
b. A miner who was chasing a mule sat down to rest and found it.
c. A group of miners hid from Indians in a cave and found it.
d. A young man found it while looking for firewood in a rocky valley. - -b. A
miner who was chasing a mule sat down to rest and found it.
-8. Which of the following is NOT true about mining companies on the
frontier?
a. They were often partially owned by British and French companies.
b. They were given free access to public lands.
c. They were not required to clean up mining locations.
d. They were not required to pay royalties to the federal government. - -a.
They were often partially owned by British and French companies.
-9. Why did southerners oppose the South Pass route for the
transcontinental railroad?
a. They knew it would damage business for their ports like New Orleans?
b. They believed that it would be too expensive and difficult to build.
c. They wanted to use slave labor but the South Pass was in a free state.
d. They knew it would only benefit the north since it would likely end in St.
Louis. - -d. They knew it would only benefit the north since it would likely
end in St. Louis.
-10. What company offered the first stagecoach routes across the continent?
a. Wells Fargo
b. Western Star
c. Butterfield Overland Mail
d. Cheyenne Stagecoach Company - -c. Butterfield Overland Mail
-11. What was the main reason why Russell, Majors, and Waddell
Stagecoach Company prospered in the late 1850s?
a. The Pike's Peak mining boom of the late 1850s
b. Americans fleeing west to escape the imminent war between north and
south
c. They were able to pay their drivers very low wages
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