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Westward Expansion Review

Authored by Eric Lenox

History

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?

They were looking for gold
They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.
They wanted a factory job there.
They liked the towns found there.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did many homesteaders live in?

wooden houses
farm houses
sod houses
apartments

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the nickname for the Great Plains?

Great American Dream
Great American Desert
Manifest Destiny
Great American Hope

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains.

exodusters
pioneers
homesteaders
sodbusters

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the Great Plains different from other regions of the United States?

it has many trees
it has beachfront areas
it has a topical climate
It is mostly flat grassland with few trees.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were homesteaders often called sodbusters?

they liked the nickname
He had to rip up the prairie sod to make his home and farm
He grew sod for his cows on the Great Plains

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