CMAS Colorado History and Geography Flashcards
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Which Native American peoples are indigenous to the Colorado Plateau and Great Plains regions of what is now Colorado?
Answer: The Ute and Arapaho
The Ute people have lived in Colorado for thousands of years, and the Arapaho inhabited the eastern plains before European contact.
What event in 1858–1859 dramatically increased European-American migration to Colorado?
Answer: The discovery of gold near Pikes Peak
The Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1858–1859 attracted thousands of miners and settlers to Colorado, with 'Pikes Peak or Bust' as their rallying cry.
In what year did Colorado become a U.S. state?
Answer: 1876
Colorado became the 38th state on August 1, 1876, earning the nickname 'The Centennial State' because it joined the Union 100 years after the Declaration of Independence.
The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 was a tragic event in which U.S. Army troops attacked a peaceful village of which Native American peoples?
Answer: Cheyenne and Arapaho
On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led an attack on a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village at Sand Creek, killing hundreds of people.
Which mountain range runs through the center of Colorado and forms the Continental Divide?
Answer: The Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains run through the center of Colorado, and the Continental Divide along their peaks separates water draining to the Atlantic from water draining to the Pacific.
What was the primary economic activity in Colorado mining towns like Leadville and Cripple Creek during the late 1800s?
Answer: Silver and gold mining
Leadville was famous for silver mining and Cripple Creek for gold mining, both of which drove Colorado's economy in the late 1800s.