
Gilded Age/Cattle Boom
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Jordan Archible
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The Gilded Age: Mining in the West/ The Cattle BOOM
Essential Question : What factors led to the settlement of the West during the Gilded Age (1870-1900)?
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Multiple Choice
During the Gilded Age, in which region are changes happening in Industry and Urbanization?
West
North
South
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Multiple Choice
During the Gilded Age, which region was still under Reconstruction and dealing with Jim Crow Segregation?
The North
The Pacific NorthWest
The South
The Midwest
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Multiple Choice
While the North was experiencing vast Urbanization and Industrialization, which region of the country saw a vast growth is Mining, Ranching, and Farming?
The West
The East
Mexico
The South
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Open Ended
Based on the video, how would you define the Gilded Age?
"The Gilded Age was a time of..." Answer in your own words.
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Open Ended
How would a Transcontinental Railway connecting the East and West effect growth in the new Western Frontier?
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Multiple Choice
What first attracted settlers to the West during the Gilded Age?
The beautiful scenery
150 acres and a mule
Mining Gold and Silver
Great schools
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Multiple Choice
1882 US Congress passed a bill that dis-allowed which migrant group entrance into the country for 10 years ?
Chinese
Latin Americans
Both
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Multiple Choice
How did mining become difficult for individuals or small businesses?
Corporations used expensive hydraulic machinery.
The weather was terrible.
Indigenous peoples
Over crowding
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Multiple Choice
Cattle bought for $4 in Texas could be sold for how much in Kansas?
$2
$20
$40
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Multiple Choice
True or False. Most of the cowboys in the West during the Cattle Boom were Caucasian?
True
False
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Multiple Choice
What invention contributed to difficulties of cattle ranching?
railroad
barbed wire
steam engine
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Multiple Choice
What amount of cowboys in the West were African-American or Mexican?
10%
25%
50%
33%
The Gilded Age: Mining in the West/ The Cattle BOOM
Essential Question : What factors led to the settlement of the West during the Gilded Age (1870-1900)?
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