Chapter 2, Day 1 - Settling the Great Plains

Chapter 2, Day 1 - Settling the Great Plains

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Multiple Choice

In which farming arrangement did the workers get to keep more of the income?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant Farming

Multiple Choice

Which was an example of popular transportation that helped many southern cities grow?

• tractors

• cars

• trains

• ships

Fill in the Blanks

What was used in Tennessee's growing economy to power machinery and trains?

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Settling the Great Plains

Multiple Choice

Is the quote by Colonel Richard Irving Dodge fact or opinion?

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Is the quote by Major Stephen H. Long fact or opinion?

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Settlers had no materials to use for building a house or to use for fuel because there were...

• little rain, and rivers or streams that had only a seasonal flow

• no trees

• tough prairie soil eroded by wind and water

Multiple Choice

Settlers did not have enough water for humans and crops to survive because there was...

• little rain, and rivers or streams that had only a seasonal flow

• no trees

• tough prairie soil eroded by wind and water

Multiple Choice

Settlers' land was difficult to cultivate (farm) because of the...

• little rain, and rivers or streams that had only a seasonal flow

• no trees

• tough prairie soil eroded by wind and water

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U.S. Government Encourages Westward Expansion

Fill in the Blanks

The U.S. Government

westward expansion

Fill in the Blanks

The U.S. government also offered land to settlers and immigrants for

if they agreed to live on it and farm it.

Fill in the Blanks

The law that established this program was called the __________ _____.

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Inference

Match each statement with the person who most likely said it.

Write the correct letter below each chapter.

Vocabulary Builder

Define these words:

Great Plains

cultivate

Homestead

settler

immigrant

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