The West

The West

6th - 8th Grade

44 Qs

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The West

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Manifest destiny 
 Monroe Doctrine 
 Great Awakening 
Louisiana Purchase

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Buffalo dung was used for:
Food
Bedding
Clothing
Fuel

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why did people move west?
To own land
To see the ocean
To visit their family
To ride a train

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the period from 1860 to 1890, which experience was shared by most Native Americans living in western states?
They maintained control of their traditional lands.
They benefited economically from government policy.
They became farmers and small business owners.
They were forced to live on reservations.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Up to our own day American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, . . . and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development."
This quotation of the 1890’s suggests that the American frontier
should be preserved for free use by all the people
has mirrored European values and social patterns
will continue indefinitely as a region to be colonized
has had a positive effect on the growth of the United States

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided free federal land, was to
encourage settlement of the West
set up reservations for Native American Indians
establish land-grant agricultural colleges
assist in the construction of transcontinental railroads

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the largest amount of land one individual could purchase through the Homestead Act?
80 acres
160 acres
200 acres
240 acres

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