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Westward Expansion Test Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The climate of the Great Plains has

low rainfall and frequent dust storms

mild winters and cool summers

frequent thunderstorms that often lead to flooding

extreme heat throughout the year

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many former enslaved African Americans moved west because of a desire for

a reunion with family members

a new beginning

employment in factories

military ranking

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which American Indian leader led the Nez Perce from their traditional homelands towards Canada?

Sitting Bull

Chief Joseph

Geronimo

Squanto

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Because there were so few trees on the Great Plains, many frontier families built?

longhouses

cabins

sod houses

igloos

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did American Indians fight against U.S. troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

to show their opposition to westward expansion

to gain representatives in Congress

to force the U.S. government into selling their homelands

to keep segregation and "Jim Crow" laws from spreading west

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which three are inventions created in the West?

windmills

wheat farming

steel plows

railroads

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law directly impacted the lifestyle of American Indians?

Homestead Act

15th Amendment

Dawes Act

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