Montana History Final Exam 1 - 40

In what year did Montana experience an election to determine the permanent location of the state capital? Which 2 cities

On what date was the Dempsey-Gibbons fight staged in Shelby? Who won the fight?

Montana is the fourth largest state in the Union, comprising 147,138 square miles What are the top 3 states in order?

Montana's Most Distinguished Statesman was a U.S. Representative, The majority leader of the U.S. Senate and ambassador

What were the three communities that served as territorial capitals for Montana?

Who is the Montana author who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1950 for "The Way West"

Name the Helena suffragist who delivered street corner speeches, worked as Jeanette Rankin's Secretary in Washington DC

Name the five dams located in Great Falls

Name the Canadian Provinces that share a border with Montana

Identify the Montana territorial secretary and acting Territorial Governor who died at the Fort Benton levee in 1867.

The Record Low Temperature for the continental U.S. was recorded in Motana What was the temperature? Where and When?

Identify the Blackfoot, mixed blood, who was the first woman to hold an elective office in Montana

What native Montanan hit a grand slam home run in the World Series?

What is the title of the Charlie Russel Masterpiece in the Montana State Capitol?

In what year did Montana women receive the vote?

Name the turn of the century terrorist who tried to extort thousands of dollars from the Northern Pacific Railroad

Ronald Regan and Barbara Stanwyk starred in a 1954 movie that was set and filmed in Montana. Name the movie.

What Montana Newspaper Editor won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1964 floods and what paper did he write for?

The Museum of the Plains Indians is located in what Montana Community?

Elvis Presley starred in a movie loosely based on a novel by a Great Falls Author. Name movie, book, and author

A temporary White House was established in Montana for President Teddy Roosevelt in 1902. What town was it in?

In what years did Captains Lewis and Clark lead their expedition through Montana?

Identify the Official Montana State Tree

Montana's first college, called the Montana Collegiate Institute, was established in what community?

Identify three major dam projects in Montana

What was designated Montana's first state park?

What is generally considered to be Montana's earliest white settlement?

Name the three entrances to Yellowstone Park that are located in Montana.

Montana's state motto is Oro y Plata in Spanish, what is this in English?

From October 3 through October 31 of what year was Montana rocked by a series of earthquakes?

Identify Montana Senator who was selected in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to become U.S. Attorney General

Name the States that share a common boundary with Montana.

Montana's river systems ultimately empty into these bodies of water.

In 1889 Montan had three governors. Who were they?

Name the legendary author, humorist, and storyteller who toured Montana in 1895 to mixed reviews & audiences

According to Local legend, what underwater monster lives in what large body of Montana Water?

Name the seven Indian Reservations in Montana

Which three rivers combine near Three Forks to form the Missouri River?

What was the first incorporated town in Montana?

Name the University of Montana Graduate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

What Montana City inspired Dashiell Hammett to write "Red Harvest"?