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Colorado Facts

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What is the highest court in Colorado’s state judicial system?

  • U.S. Senate
  • Colorado General Assembly
  • Denver District Council
  • Colorado Supreme Court
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado Supreme Court

Which two places competed for influence during Colorado’s territorial period?

  • Boston and Salem
  • Miami and Orlando
  • Denver and Golden
  • Seattle and Tacoma
Correct answer(s):
  • Denver and Golden

Where are major Colorado state government functions housed?

  • Pikes Peak summit house
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver
  • Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
  • Great Sand Dunes visitor center
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado State Capitol in Denver

Which responsibility can belong to Colorado county governments?

  • Setting national immigration law
  • Printing U.S. currency
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services
  • Declaring war on foreign countries
Correct answer(s):
  • Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services

Why is the year 1876 especially important in Colorado history?

  • Colorado became a state during the U.S. centennial year
  • The Rocky Mountains formed that year
  • Denver moved to Utah
  • Colorado became the first colony
Correct answer(s):
  • Colorado became a state during the U.S. centennial year

Which president issued the proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union?

  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Correct answer(s):
  • Ulysses S. Grant

Which metals remained especially important in Colorado mining after statehood?

  • Gold and silver
  • Copper and aluminum only
  • Tin and mercury only
  • Iron and uranium only
Correct answer(s):
  • Gold and silver

Which set includes other minerals that became important in Colorado?

  • Sugar, cocoa, and cotton
  • Rubber, tea, and coffee
  • Coal, lead, zinc, and molybdenum
  • Salt, coral, and pearls
Correct answer(s):
  • Coal, lead, zinc, and molybdenum

How did railroads change Colorado’s economy?

  • They ended transportation between cities
  • They connected mines, farms, and towns to larger markets
  • They replaced all farming
  • They made mountain travel impossible
Correct answer(s):
  • They connected mines, farms, and towns to larger markets

How was the future Colorado region governed before Colorado Territory existed?

  • It was already one state
  • It had no political administration
  • Different parts belonged to several U.S. territories
  • Every part belonged to California
Correct answer(s):
  • Different parts belonged to several U.S. territories

What event drew many miners and settlers to the Colorado region in the late 1850s?

  • A major seaport opening
  • Gold discoveries
  • A new Atlantic fishing ground
  • A tropical sugar boom
Correct answer(s):
  • Gold discoveries

Who lived in the Colorado region long before European and U.S. settlement?

  • Only nineteenth-century miners
  • Only railroad workers
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Only U.S. soldiers
Correct answer(s):
  • Indigenous peoples

Which Indigenous people have especially deep historical connections to Colorado’s mountain region?

  • The Seminole people
  • The Ute people
  • The Inuit people
  • The Narragansett people
Correct answer(s):
  • The Ute people

Which group of peoples also has important historical connections to areas that became Colorado?

  • Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache, Comanche, and Pueblo peoples
  • Only Inuit peoples
  • Only Caribbean island peoples
  • Only Hawaiian and Samoan peoples
Correct answer(s):
  • Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache, Comanche, and Pueblo peoples

What happened to southern Colorado politically after Mexico gained independence in 1821?

  • It became a British colony
  • It joined Canada
  • It became an independent U.S. state immediately
  • It became part of Mexican territory
Correct answer(s):
  • It became part of Mexican territory