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 Blank

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 Blank

The U.S. Government ______ westward expansion

Fill in the Blank

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 Blank

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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