Settling the West - 2024

Settling the West - 2024

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Flashcard

Social Studies

11th Grade

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Hard

3B, 3C

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

offered free land to those willing to farm it.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Buffalo

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

Back

disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

the area received little rainfall and had few trees.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

The invention of barbed wire

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians? Options: Wounded Knee, The Little Bighorn, Bull Run, Falling Timbers

Back

Wounded Knee

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Dawes Act

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