Settling the West - 2024

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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 did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

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the area received little rainfall and had few trees.

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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? Options: Wounded Knee, The Little Bighorn, Bull Run, Falling Timbers

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Wounded Knee

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Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans? Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Interstate Commerce Act

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Dawes Act

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Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all:

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Pull Factors

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What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?

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Forty Niners

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Which of the following actions contributed to the American population shifting Westward? Passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act, Growth of Political Machines, Passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, Creation of electricity & the lightbulb

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Passage of the Homestead Act of 1862

Answer explanation

The Homestead Act granted land to anyone willing to move out west and settle it for 5 years. The idea of land ownership was appealing to many settlers, and as a result the American population began to expand westward.

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