{"id":12635,"date":"2024-12-27T05:21:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=12635"},"modified":"2024-12-27T05:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T23:52:20","slug":"what-was-a-major-industry-in-the-rockies-during-the-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-was-a-major-industry-in-the-rockies-during-the-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"What was a major industry in the Rockies during the 19th century?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1851,1854],"subject":[1846],"class_list":["post-12635","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states","topic-rocky-mountains","subject-geography-of-the-united-states"],"mcq_note":"<strong>Mining, particularly for gold and silver, was a major industry in the Rocky Mountains during the 19th century.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe 19th century saw a significant boom in mining activity within the Rocky Mountains. Discoveries of valuable minerals like gold and silver spurred rushes of prospectors and settlers to the region. Mining camps and towns sprang up rapidly, transforming the landscape and economy of the Rockies. While other industries existed, mining was undoubtedly the dominant economic driver during this period.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Agriculture"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Mining"},{"right":"no","answer":"Shipbuilding"},{"right":"no","answer":"Oil drilling"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1851,"title":"Major Mountain Ranges in the United States","slug":"major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states"},{"id":1854,"title":"Rocky Mountains","slug":"rocky-mountains"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/12635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=12635"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=12635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}