American History 127: Section II Review

Question 1

The discovery of ___ in California greatly accelerated American ___ expansion.

Answer 1

gold; westward

Question 2

What four important mining areas were developed from 1858 to 1875?

Answer 2

• Rocky Mountains west of Denver, Colorado
• Virginia City, Nevada
• Idaho, Montana, and Washington
• Black Hills of South Dakota

Question 3

On the western frontier, ___ was often nonexistent so citizens banded together to protect themselves and formed vigilance committees.

Answer 3

law

Question 4

The most famous citizen committees were found in ___.

Answer 4

San Francisco, California

Question 5

The Homestead Act of ___ gave 160 acres of free land to any family who planted crops and tended the land for five years.

Answer 5

1862

Question 6

___ on the western plains were built od od when wood was no available.

Answer 6

Houses

Question 7

The first United States patent on barbed wire was taken out in ___.

Answer 7

1867

Question 8

In 1874 James Farwell Glidden invented the first practical machine for manufacturing ___.

Answer 8

barbed wire

Question 9

Name four advantages of barbed wire.

Answer 9

• It was widely available.
• It was relatively cheap.
• It could be shipped easily.
• It would keep the wild cattle out.

Question 10

Because barbed wire kept cattle from gaining access to the water holes, “___” broke out between cattlemen and farmers.

Answer 10

fence wars

Question 11

J.H. Tunstall and Company and L.G. Murphy and Company were two rival cattle companies involved in the Lincoln County Cattle War in which state?

Answer 11

New Mexico

Question 12

The Pleasant Valley War, or the Graham-Tewksbury Feud, was between cattlemen and ___ in Arizona.

Answer 12

sheepherders

Question 13

The ___ War was the result of cattle rustling.

Answer 13

Johnson County

Question 14

Travel in the West was slow, uncomfortable, and danerous until the advent of ___.

Answer 14

the railroad

Question 15

The main stagecoach line was the ___.

Answer 15

Butterfield Overland Express Company

Question 16

The Butterfield Overland Express Company ran coaches from ___ to ___.

Answer 16

St. Louis; San Francisco

Question 17

The Central Overland California and Pike’s Peak Express Company and the Wells, Fargo and Company were two famous ___ companies.

Answer 17

freight

Question 18

The most famous and common stagecoaches were built in Concord, New Hampshire, by Lewis Downing and ___ and were known as Concord Coaches.

Answer 18

J. Stephen Abbott

Question 19

The transcontinental ___ employed Concord Coaches.

Answer 19

Butterfield Overland Express Company

Question 20

In ___ the Pony Express was organize to carry U.S. ___ between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.

Answer 20

1860; mail

Question 21

When the telegraph reached ___ the Pony Express halted operation.

Answer 21

California

Question 22

The United States Army brought ___ to the American ___ to carry cargo across the desert.

Answer 22

camels; Southwest

Question 23

The Union Pacific Railroad and the ___ Railroad were chartered to complete the first American transcontinental railroad.

Answer 23

Central Pacific

Question 24

Near Ogden, Utah, at ___, a gold spike was driven in the last tie that connected the two railroads and completed the transcontinental railroad.

Answer 24

Promontary Point

Question 25

List four railroad lines that operated in the West.

Answer 25

• Southern Pacific
• Atchinson
• Topeka
• Santa Fe

Question 26

List the far reaching effects of the coming of the railroads to the American West.

Answer 26

• The great buffalo herds were destroyed.
• The Indians’ way of life was threatened.
• Thousands of immigrants poured into the area.
• The way was paved for the ending of the frontier.

Question 27

II Timothy 2:25

Answer 27

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.