Unit 7, Section 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups benefited the MOST from the Homestead Act of 1862?

• A. factory owners who wanted to reduce the power of unions

• B. Native Americans who wanted to protect their way of life

• C. farmers who wanted to purchase land in western territories

• D. supporters of slavery who wanted its expansion to new territories

Multiple Select

“Exodusters” is the term used to describe African Americans who left the Southern states after Reconstruction ended. Many Exodusters settled in the West, particularly in Kansas.

Which of the following are factors that led to African Americans to move west? (select 2 answers)

• The lack of sharecropping opportunities for African Americans in the South

• The spread of laws supporting segregation and discrimination in the South

• The refusal of Southern states to observe the Twentieth Amendment

• The impact of environmental damage on southern agriculture

Multiple Select

Which of the following TWO groups of people made up the majority of workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Native Americans

• Poor American farmers

• Irish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Spanish immigrants

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the experience of Chinese workers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• They were treated as equals with the American workers

• They were discriminated against and weren't paid as much

• They were less likely to get jobs working on the railroad because they were less experienced

• They got paid more because of their experience

Multiple Choice

How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact the U.S.?

• It led to increased settlement in the west

• It led to an increase in American land

• It led to increased trade with Europe

• It led to increased transportation costs

Multiple Choice

What is a major way that the Transcontinental Railroad impacted Native American tribes in the west?

• It caused them to lose gold and silver resources that they depended on for trade

• It caused more settlers to move west who forced them off their lands

• It caused their houses to be destroyed

• It caused them to work in low-paying and dangerous jobs

Multiple Choice

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 

• Homestead Act 

• Morrill Act 

• Dawes Act 

• Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

Multiple Choice

Use the illustration of the buffalo and information from the article to select the TRUE statement.

• The buffalo provided much more than food to the Plains Native Americans.

• The Plains Native Americans struggled to use and store the buffalo before it went bad.

• The buffalo were no longer useful after the Plains Native Americans got horses.

• The Plains Native Americans had to make special tools to hunt the dangerous buffalo.

Multiple Choice

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

• The American forces massacred the Native Americans, ending the American Indian Wars

• The Native Americans won a surprise victory of the Americans.

• The Native Americans fled from the battle and formed reservations.

• American forces peacefully rounded up Native American leaders.

Multiple Choice

How did Manifest Destiny influence the treatment of Native Americans during westward expansion?

• It encouraged fairness and working together with Native Americans.

• It helped protect Native American cultures.

• It made forcing Native Americans move and treating them badly seem acceptable.

• It encouraged settlers and Native Americans to share and help each other.

Multiple Choice

What established the ICC & gave the federal govt the power to regulate the railroad industry?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Clayton Anti-trust Act

• 16th Amendment

• Railroad Regulation Act

Multiple Choice

What was the main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?

• Fighting growing influence of business trusts

• Changing government's monetary policy

• Ending tax-free status of religious institutions

• Providing federal aid to poor families

Multiple Choice

What party represented the farmer and working man, government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators?

• Populist Party

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Republican Party