Late 1800's (1860's to 1890)

Late 1800's (1860's to 1890)

9th Grade - University

52 Qs

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Late 1800's (1860's to 1890)

Late 1800's (1860's to 1890)

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9th Grade - University

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?

The Homestead Promise
The Homestead Neighborhood
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead farmland

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The transcontinental railroad joined together where?

Denver, Colorado
Salt Lake City, Utah
Promontory, Utah
Carson City, Nevada

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to--

promote cultural assimilation of American Indians.
turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmlands.
end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military.
promote American Indian investment in private industry.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.
Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to public property through homesteading.
Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

steel plow
reaper
windmill
barbed wire

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the

development of the Great Plains
growth of the plantation system of agriculture
extension of slavery into the western territories
gold rushes in California and Nevada

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought wars against Indians on Great Plains

 Buffalo Soldiers 
Buffalo Wings
Buffalo Navy
 Buffalo Riders

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