Author Question: Mining in the West A. saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations. B. ... (Read 79 times)

naturalchemist · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Early in 1866, a massive joint cattle drive from Texas to Missouri

A. All these answers are correct.

B. saw the herds suffer heavy losses.

C. both proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets, and established a link to the booming urban markets of the East.

D. proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets.

E. established a link to the booming urban markets of the East.

Question 2

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

A. All these answers are correct.

B. lariats.

C. spurs.

D. leather chaps.

E. saddles.

Question 3

Mining in the West

A. saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations.

B. saw corporations move in first, followed by individual prospectors.

C. kept ranchers and farmers from establishing their own economic base.

D. flourished until the 1930s.

E. did not see any great mineral strikes until after the Civil War.