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Grade 10 The Frontier
Cherokee Indians perished on their journey westward known as the               .
  1. walk of Shame
  2. Great Plains
  3. Indian Rain
  4. Trail of Tears
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The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of
  1. copper
  2. diamonds
  3. silver
  4. gold
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Pull factors would include all of the following Except
  1. religious freedom
  2. economic opportunity
  3. drought
  4. cheap land
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Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by
  1. hydraulic mining
  2. placer mining
  3. quartz mining
  4. tunnel mining
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Which of the following states was started primarily by mining strikes?
  1. Virginia
  2. Oregon
  3. Colorado
  4. Tombstone
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In the 1870s, the Granger movement was organized to promote the interests of
  1. suffragists.
  2. farmers.
  3. factory workers.
  4. recent immigrants.
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Who was Wovaka?
  1. The last Queen of Hawaii
  2. The leader of the Sioux who destroyed Custer and his men
  3. A Paiute Shamen who was a self proclaimed Messiah that could raise the dead
  4. A Black Foot chieftain who led the fight for reform on the reservations
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The supply point for the mining areas in the Rocky Mountain.
  1. Denver
  2. Virginia City
  3. Pikes Peak
  4. Abilene
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Destination for the first cattle drive
  1. Virginia City
  2. Sedalia
  3. Abilene
  4. Denver
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All of the following were technological advances made to resolve farming issues in the West EXCEPT
  1. chilled- iron plows
  2. barbed wire
  3. increased employment
  4. farmers burnt "buffalo chips"
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When Alaska was added to the United States in 1867, many viewed it as a mistake. It became known as
  1. Alaska Oopsie
  2. Lincoln's Mistake
  3. Seward's Folly
  4. Seward's Screwup
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Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
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In what year did the Gadsden Purchase take place?
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What famous rifle is known in America as 'The Gun that Won the West'
  1. Henry Repeating Rifle
  2. Colt Peacemaker
  3. Winchester Model 1873
  4. Remington Army Revolver