Westward Expansion Pre-Test

All of these describe the physical features and climate of the Great Plains EXCEPT-

• High rainfall

• Frequent dust storms

• Land eroded by wind and water

• Flatland that rise gradually from east to west

Which grouping below consists of states located within the Great Plains physical region?

• South Dakota, Oklahoma, California, Nebraska

• South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas

• Kansas, Nebraska, Georgia, Missouri

• Nebraska, Alaska, Kansas, South Dakota

How did the windmill in the photograph help farmers to settle in the Great Plains?

• It helped to dig through the tough sod in the Great Plains

• It protected them from the harsh elements of the Great Plains

• It helped farmers to protect their crops from roaming cattle

• It was a source of water in the dry environment of the Great Plains

Which answer below represents an invention that helped settlers adapt to life in the challenging environment of the Great Plains?

• Cotton Gin

• Electricity

• Steel Plows

• Telephone

How did the reduction of the bison population cause American Indians to change their lifestyle?

• They decided to build houses made of wood and to plant wheat

• They took jobs on the Transcontinental Railroad

• They migrated quickly to the Pacific region

• They had to find other resources for food, clothing, and shelter

Which invention helped farmers on the Great Plains break through the hard soil to plant crops?

• Steel Plow

• Windmill

• Barbed Wire

• Dry Farming

What did settlers of the Great Plains build to adapt to the lack of trees on that territory?

• Windwills

• Steel Plows

• Barbed Wired Fences

• Sod Houses

A major positive effect/outcome of the Transcontinental Railroad was that:

• Supplies and people moved more quickly and cheaply

• Fewer buffalo were left on the Great Plains

• Congress gave loans to the railroad companies

• Troops could be moved quickly to fight against the Native Americans

Which factor contributed to the destruction of the Plain Indians' way of life?

• Movement of Slaves to the West

• Invasion of the French

• Chinese immigrants

• Reduction of buffalo herds

Which Lakota-Sioux American leader, pictured above, opposed westward expansion and defeated General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Black Elk