The Struggle for the West

The Struggle for the West

7th - 12th Grade

29 Qs

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The Struggle for the West

The Struggle for the West

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Great Plains are in the Central Western portion of the U.S. described as vast grasslands.

True
False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

2) What resource made the state of Texas famous in the Old West?

Gold
Silver
Longhorn Cattle
Sodbusters

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

3) What does assimilation of the Native Americans refer to?

It refers to the process of losing land to the white settlers
It describes the war strategy of the Plains Native Americans
It refers to the process of adopting the white settlers' culture
It is a linguistic technique that enabled whites to communicate with Native Americans

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

4) The Homestead Act of 1862 offered settlers

relief from their debts
free public education
loans to expand their farms
160 acres of western public land

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

5) Who lost the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Custer and his cavalry
the Cheyenne of Colorado 
Colonel John Chivington

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

6) Which of the following groups taught Americans cattle ranching techniques in the early 1800s?

Native Americans
African Americans 
settlers 
Mexicans

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

7) What was a 'soddie'?

a farmer who refused to work and relied on his neighbors
a new type of plow that revolutionized western farming
traditional lullaby sung by cattlemen along the Chisholm trail
a small home on the plains, built out of blocks of turf 

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