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Westward Expansion

Authored by Jennifer Bell

History

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

Go to war with Native Americans
Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
Establish the sharecropping system
Make peace with the Native Americans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

Europe
The south
Asia
The west

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
Morse code
Internet
Hydroelectricity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
It transported Native Americans to the west. 
 It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who cooperated to develop the cattle industry?

Ranchers and cowboys
Mexican Americans and Irish Americans
Farmers and Townspeople
Native Americans and pioneers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What invention changed farming and cattle drives during Westward Expansion?

Steel plow
Windmills
Mechanical reaper
Barbed wire

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the group of African Americans that settled in Nicodemus, Kansas? 

Missionaries
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Exodusters

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