Westward Expansion

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How did the railroad foster economic growth in the development of the west?

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by providing farmers with the means of getting their crops to market

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What was the name given to the towns created near gold mines during the 1800s?

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Boom Towns

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Which group had conflict with farmers because of barbed wire fences? Options: Chinese immigrants, cowboys and ranchers, Mexican Americans, miners and prospectors

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cowboys and ranchers

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African Americans who moved west after Reconstruction were known as...

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exodusters

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All of the following are reasons the Native Americans were involved in Indian wars with settlers EXCEPT: destruction of the bison population, farmers and miners claimed their land, Native Americans were forced to live on reservations, Native Americans were forced into slavery on plantations

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Native Americans were forced into slavery on plantations

Front

What was the belief of reformers regarding Native American children?

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They should learn the ways of the white man.

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What changed people's views of the Great Plains? Options: new land, new technology, indian removal, transportaions

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new technology

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How did farmers fence their fields? Options: wood, railroads, barbed wire, steel

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barbed wire

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Apache warrior and leader who led his band of warriors in fierce raids against the settlers

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Geronimo

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The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the development of the west in all of the following ways EXCEPT: attracting immigrant settlers, providing a means of travel, promoting the Homestead Act, transporting agricultural goods

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promoting the Homestead Act