Ch The West Transformed

What was the name of the first train system to the link the East and the West called?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Mission
• The Oregon Trail
• Natural Resource

Which of the following is a reason for a major population boom in the mid-1800’s in the West?

• The Oregon Trail
• The Gold Rush
• All the Above

How did Congress support construction of the transcontinental railroad?

• By actively recruiting immigrant labor
• By promoting an open-range system
• By providing land grants
• By passing the Homestead Act

What did the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 provide?

• It recognized Native American tribes as independent nations.
• It presented land to individual Native American tribes.
• It improved conditions on reservations.
• It granted each Native American family a 160-acres farmstead.

Who were the "Exodusters"?

• Mexican Americans who fled after the Mexican-American War
• African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction
• Chinese Americans who fled the North after the Gold Rush
• Native Americans who fled the East after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system?

• The use of sod for houses
• The invention of barbed wire
• The development of railroads
• The disappearance of big mining companies

What was the last armed conflict to take place between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army?

• The Battle of Tippecanoe
• Sand Creek Massacre
• Wounded Knee
• The Battle of Little Big Horn

Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years?

• the Homestead Act
• the Morrill Land Grant Act
• the Indian Removal Act
• the Dawes Act

What battle was a major victory for the Sioux against General Custer?

• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Battle of Tippacanoe
• Battle of Fallen Timbers
• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

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 private property through homesteading.
• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.