Chapter 3 Test

Question 1

The trader that the most popular cattle trail was named after.

Answer 1

Jesse Chisholm

Question 2

The colonel who led US forces at the Battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 2

George Custer

Question 3

The Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 3

Crazy Horse

Question 4

A missionary to the West

Answer 4

Ezra Fisher

Question 5

One of the first marshals of Abilene

Answer 5

Tom Smith

Question 6

The New Peace leader who traveled to Washington D.C, and spoke with President Hayes about his people

Answer 6

Chief Joseph

Question 7

“Sooners” slipped across the border and claimed land before they were allowed to during this

Answer 7

Oklahoma Land Rush

Question 8

To make it harder for thieves to steal cattle, these symbols were used

Answer 8

brands

Question 9

The person in charge of a cattle drive

Answer 9

trail boss

Question 10

People who raced to claim land in Oklahoma by pushing stakes into the group and setting up tents

Answer 10

Boomers

Question 11

The government tried to make Indians live more like white people by passing this

Answer 11

Dawes Act

Question 12

When building the transcontinental railroad, workers had to face different ___________________.

Answer 12

landforms

Question 13

An area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans

Answer 13

reservation

Question 14

A town that grew quickly

Answer 14

boomtown

Question 15

Farmers settling in the West found that these were a great help

Answer 15

inventions

Question 16

Prairie farmer who raised corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs

Answer 16

sodbuster

Question 17

Crossing a continent

Answer 17

transcontinental

Question 18

A rich source of precious metal

Answer 18

lode

Question 19

Open land in the west that had not been settled

Answer 19

frontier

Question 20

Moving a herd of cattle

Answer 20

cattle drive

Question 21

A sudden rush of scare animals that run away from the trail

Answer 21

stampede