Unit 2 US History Quiz

How did railroads most impact farming in the West during the late 1800s?

• They connected farms with distant markets for selling their harvest.
• They helped large landowners illegally acquire land from homesteaders.
• The greater ease of transportation led many farmers to change to cattle ranching.
• They made owning large farms more difficult by laying tracks through farmlands. 

How did the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad affect the United States during Reconstruction?

• It increased the need for laborers in urban areas.

• It limited the need for foreign immigrants.

• It encouraged westward expansion.

• It altered the economy in southern rural areas.

Which statement best explains what the Dawes Act did?

• it took tribal lands from Native Americans, cut them into family-sized parcels, and sold leftover land to whites

• it put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans

• it gave free land to white settlers

• it allowed the railroads to build on private land

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

This law created 160 acres plots of land to be sold for a small fee to encourage settlement in the west.

• Dawes Act
• Land Grant College Act
• Homestead Act
• Oklahoma Land Giveaway

What were problems farmers faced?

• Railroads charged high prices to ship goods.

• Forced to sell goods at low prices

• Faced high debt

• All of the above

Which event is considered the LAST conflict with Native Americans?

• Battle of Wounded Knee
• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Sand Creek Massacre
• The Red River War

3) What does assimilation of the Native Americans refer to?

• It refers to the process of losing land to the white settlers
• It describes the war strategy of the Plains Native Americans
• It refers to the process of adopting the white settlers' culture
• It is a linguistic technique that enabled whites to communicate with Native Americans

a Native American movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society

• The Ghost Dance

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• Assimilation

African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War

• Exodusters

• Plains Indians

• Sioux

• Sooners