The 5 LARGE Reasons America Expanded West

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Why was the steel plow necessary on the Great Plains?

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The steel plow was necessary to effectively break through the tough soil of the Great Plains.

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True or False: All women who lived out West enjoyed freedoms and had the ability to vote and own land.

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False-- White & Black women enjoyed some freedoms, but Chinese and Native American women still faced much discrimination

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Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Shows are example of settler moving out West for...

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Adventure

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What was Barbed Wire primarily used for on the Great Plains?

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To fence in livestock and protect crops.

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Which answer best describes the Transcontinental Railroad?

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A railroad that connected the eastern and western United States.

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Which two immigrant groups built the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Chinese and Irish immigrants

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The two railroad companies that connected the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah were:

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Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad

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One major challenge for the Irish immigrants as they laid down the tracks for the Union Railroad Company was: Confrontations with the Natives and buffalo.

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Confrontations with the Natives and buffalo.

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One major challenge for the Chinese immigrants as they laid down the tracks for the Central Pacific Railroad Company was: the danger of blasting through the Sierra Nevada mountains

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the danger of blasting through the Sierra Nevada mountains

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Outside of building the Transcontinental Railroad, both Irish and Chinese Immigrants in America...

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contributed to various industries and faced discrimination