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Settling The West

Authored by Adam Grisham

History

9th - 12th Grade

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Settling The West
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
offered land to gold prospectors.
promised protection from Native Americans.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following might a vigilante in a boomtown have been likely to say?

"We should elect a sheriff and a judge to enforce the law."
"Let's give crooks the kind of justice they deserve."
"We shouldn't have to pay taxes unless we get something in return."
"Our community needs more churches and schools."

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

Cotton
Deer
Buffalo
Gold

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

support of the rights of Native Americans.
disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.
defeat of the Sioux and Cheyenne in the Indian Wars.
unsuccessful bid for the presidency.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.
the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.
the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.
most of the land was too far from existing towns.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to..

turn Native Americans into farmers.
rebuild the Native American nations.
restore the tribal ownership of land.
encourage the Native American population to increase.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

railroad workers.
Great Plains farmers.
Oklahomans.
cowhands.

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