Benchmark 1 review Extra Credit

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What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

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The Homestead Act

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This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

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The Dawes Act

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What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?

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Barbed Wire

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This invention was completed in Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 and united the East and West coasts of the United States.

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The Transcontinental Railroad

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How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

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Shift from hunting to farming, Increase of the white settlers in the West, Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns.

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Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation.

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True

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Which of the following offered free land in the West to encourage settlement? Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Interstate Commerce Act

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Homestead Act

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Which of the following was passed due to nativism and concerns over job competition?
Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Interstate Commerce Act

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Immigrants from Asian countries like China were processed here:

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Angel Island

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Immigrants from European countries like Ireland and Italy were processed here:

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Ellis Island