Chapter 8: Midwest Review Part 3

The Homestead Act of 1862 offered free land to:

• kids

• dogs

• pioneers

• horses

He opened a large stockyard in Abilene:

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Robert Fulton

• Joseph McCoy

In the early 1900's, Henry Ford began building cars in what city?

• Minneapolis

• New York City

• Detroit

• Fargo

In the 1930's, parts of the Midwest suffered a long, severe:

• rainstorm

• flood

• heat wave

• drought

What country did the U.S. buy the Louisiana Purchase from

• Mexico

• England

• France

• Spain

A person who settles in a new place is called a:

• pioneer

• entrepreneur

• frontier

• survey

Which process formed the Great Lakes thousands of years ago?

• the spreading of prairies

• the moving and melting of glaciers

• the meeting of warm and cold air masses

Which inventor helped set up an assembly line in Detroit?

• George Washington

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Robert Fulton

To do things for yourself or on your own:

• adapt

• survey

• ordinance

• self-sufficient

To survive in a new environment is to:

• adapt

• adopt

• add

• adore