Chapter 11: The South and West Transformed

The 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years was known as

• The Homestead Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Morrill Act

That federal act that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges (Greensboro A&T, Texas A& M) in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales was known as

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Sherman Antitrust Act

• The Morrill Act

The last major land rush took place in 1889 when the federal government opened this territory to homesteaders:

• Utah

• California

• Oklahoma

• Montana

Analogy: Irish immigrants are to the Union Pacific as _________ immigrants are to the Central Pacific.

• Russian

• German

• English

• Chinese

African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War were known as __________________.

• Homesteaders

• Sooners

• Boomers

• Exodusters

Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862, this act provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental railroad, which was completed on May 10, 1869.

• The Homestead Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Morrill Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

Which technology or innovation brought an end to the "open-range system" of ranching

• crop rotation

• barbed wire

• automatic irrigation systems

• cattle branding

Which groups present in the West during the late 19th century often fell victim to the prejudices and discrimination by white settlers.

• Chines immigrants

• Native Americans

• Mexicans and Mexican Americans

• all of the above

• none of the above