Chapter 17 Test

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The first transcontinental railroad was built primarily with immigrants from Ireland and

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China

Front

What is the significance of Promontory Point, Utah?

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It is the location where the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was completed in 1869.

Front

The open-range cattle industry came to an end for all of the following reasons except: Fencing of farms, overgrazing that ruined the land, expansion of the railroads.

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reduced demand for beef

Front

What was the most important impact of the Homestead Act of 1862?

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Encouraged westward expansion and settlement

Front

What was the key to the culture of the Plains Indians?

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buffalo

Front

The American government's official goal during the Indian Wars was to

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expand westward and gain control of Native American lands

Front

The Latin American nations opposed Pan-Americanism because they

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feared domination by the US

Front

What was the main reason that the United States sought an Open Door Policy in China?

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desire for free trade in China

Front

Seward's Folly refers to the

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Purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia

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Many foreign missionaries were killed during this time in China. What event does this refer to? (Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, Boxer Rebellion, Opium Wars)

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Boxer Rebellion