Settling The West Test

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The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

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offered free land to those willing to farm it.

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Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs? Cotton, Deer, Buffalo, Gold

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Buffalo

Front

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

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disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Settlers moving west struggled in the Great Plains building homes and farming because..

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the area received little rainfall and had few trees.

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Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

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reservation

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___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting

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railroads

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Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys? Options: The use of sod for houses, The invention of barbed wire, The development of railroads, The disappearance of big mining companies

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The invention of barbed wire

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Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?

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Wounded Knee

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Which individual was on the WINNING side of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

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Sitting Bull

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Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the

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Homestead Act