
Westward Expansion and The Gilded Age
Authored by Catherine Elorriaga
History
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which invention allowed westward movement to occur quickly?
Transcontinental Railroad
Wheat Farming
Beef Cattle Raising
Windmill
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which was NOT a reason for settlement in the Great Plains after the Civil War?
Jobs in Factories
Adventure
Gold and Silver
Technological Advances
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What animal were Plains Indians most reliant on
Cows
Buffalo
Sheep
Horses
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a major benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Congress gave loans to railroad companies
Farmers had lower railroad rates
Supplies and people were moved quickly and cheaply
It cost a lot of money
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the Industrial Revolution business owner with his industry: Steamboats and Railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match the Industrial Revolution business owner with his industry: Oil
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
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