Westward Expansion in the Gilded Age

Westward Expansion in the Gilded Age

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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Westward Expansion in the Gilded Age

Westward Expansion in the Gilded Age

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by -

creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

providing land for $10 to settlers

removing all restrictions on immigration

Moving Native American Indians to reservations

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How did passage of the Dawes Act affect Native American Indians?

It supported their existing cultural traditions

It started a series of Indian Wars on the Great Plains

It attempted to assimilate them into mainstream American culture

It forced their removal from areas east of the Mississippi River

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What is happening in this photo?

The Civil War is being ended

Transcontinental railroad is being finished

Transcontinental railroad is being started

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How did westward expansion impact Native Americans?

Native Americans and white settlers lived side by side as equals

it destroyed the buffalo and the Native American way of life

Native Americans acquired more lan

it helped the Native Americans prosper

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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3) What were the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad? (Pick TWO)

It allowed for the rise of the steel industry

It connected the United States by rail from east coast to west coast

It lead to increased the population in western cities

The population in urban centers grew drastically

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans is knows as 

Urbanization
Americanization/Assimilation
Immigration
Nativism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which resource primarily drew pioneers to California?

Wheat

Gold

Corn

Copper

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