
Westward Expansion
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What invention created conflict between ranchers and farmers on the Great Plains?
the windmill
the railroad
barbed wire
the steel plow
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a way that the Dawes Act tried to make Native American children be more like American children?
They cut the children's hair.
They made them wear feathers in their hair.
They sent them to boarding schools to learn to behave like white children.
They made them learn English.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What effect did the building of the transcontinental railroad have on Native Americans?
Native Americans got jobs building the railroad.
Many Native Americans were killed by the train.
The buffalo was often hunted from the train for fun which destroyed the Native Americans' most important resource.
Native Americans and Chinese workers often became involved in armed conflict.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the Battle of Little Bighorn so important?
Custer was a Civil War hero.
It was the greatest win the Native Americans ever had against the U.S. soldiers.
It created public support for much greater military force against the Native Americans.
Two answers are correct.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main reason homesteaders lived in soddies?
They liked how they looked.
They were warm in winter.
There wasn't a lot of trees on the Plains.
They were cool in summer.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
To encourage people to settle on the Great Plains.
To buy people new homes.
Just to give away land because they had so much.
To get the Native Americans angry.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a negative effect of the transcontinental railroad (look for a positive effect)?
People could now travel quickly and inexpensively across the country.
Buffalo herds were almost completely wiped out.
Chinese Immigrants suffered great discrimination.
Native Americans were forced off their land, and their way of life changed forever.
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