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The West

Authored by Chad Gabrich

History

10th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
offered land to gold prospectors.
promised protection from Native Americans.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

Cotton
Deer
Buffalo
Gold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.
the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.
the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.
most of the land was too far from existing towns.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to..

turn Native Americans into farmers.
rebuild the Native American nations.
restore the tribal ownership of land.
encourage the Native American population to increase.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

railroad workers.
Great Plains farmers.
Oklahomans.
cowhands.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

farm cooperative
sooner
Chisholm Trail
reservation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Grazing cattle on government property for free with no restrictions was called

open season
open range
open opportunity
open ranching

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