What was one serious effect of rapid nineteenth-century U.S. settlement on Indigenous peoples in Colorado?
Correct answer(s):
- Land loss and forced displacement
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What is Colorado’s state lawmaking body called?
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- Colorado General Assembly
When did Congress create Colorado Territory?
Correct answer(s):
- 1861
Which two chambers make up the Colorado General Assembly?
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- House of Representatives and Senate
What did the creation of Colorado Territory do politically?
Correct answer(s):
- Combined lands previously divided among other territories
What is the highest court in Colorado’s state judicial system?
Correct answer(s):
- Colorado Supreme Court
Which two places competed for influence during Colorado’s territorial period?
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- Denver and Golden
Where are major Colorado state government functions housed?
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- Colorado State Capitol in Denver
When did Denver become the permanent seat of Colorado’s territorial government?
Correct answer(s):
- 1867
Which responsibility can belong to Colorado county governments?
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- Managing elections, records, roads, and some local services
Which Colorado region shows strong Spanish and Mexican cultural influence older than statehood?
Correct answer(s):
- San Luis Valley
Did all of present-day Colorado enter U.S. control through one single land acquisition?
Correct answer(s):
- No, different parts came through different territorial changes
Which U.S. land acquisition affected part of present-day Colorado?
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- Louisiana Purchase
Which war helped bring some future Colorado lands under U.S. control?
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- Mexican-American War
Which political event also affected territorial claims in the future Colorado region?
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- Annexation of Texas
How was the future Colorado region governed before Colorado Territory existed?
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- Different parts belonged to several U.S. territories
What event drew many miners and settlers to the Colorado region in the late 1850s?
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- Gold discoveries
When did the Colorado Gold Rush accelerate?
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- 1858 and 1859
Who lived in the Colorado region long before European and U.S. settlement?
Correct answer(s):
- Indigenous peoples
Which Indigenous people have especially deep historical connections to Colorado’s mountain region?
Correct answer(s):
- The Ute people