Westward Expansion

Allowed farmers to break up dry tough soil of the Great Plains.

• sod house

• windmill

• steel plow

• barbed wire

Allowed farmers to keep cattle from nearby ranches off their fields and away from their crops.

• steel plow

• barbed wire

• windmill

• sod house

These were used throughout the Great Plains to pump water from the ground and to provide power.

• windmills

• sod house

• steel plow

• barbed wire

Which of these was NOT an adaptation that contributed to the settlement of the west?

• dry farming

• cattle ranching

• sharecropping

• wheat farming

Leader of the Nez Perce who fled to Canada to avoid life on a reservation before being captured.

“I will fight no more forever.”

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

Which of the following was NOT part of the physical environment of the Great Plains?

• land eroded by wind and water

• forests

• low rainfall

• frequent dust storms

The Homestead Act was written to encourage people to

• move to eastern cities

• mine and raise cattle in the west

• settle and farm western lands

• avoid border conflicts with Mexico

Many farmers built their homes from sod. What answer BEST describes sod?

• branches and clay

• iron and wood

• grass and mud

• curried buffalo hide

What was the MAIN reason the government wanted Native Americans on reservations

• to keep them from starving

• to take their land

• to preserve the remaining buffalo

• to teach them new skills

the battle that marked the defeat of General Custer and the U.S. Army

• Little Big Horn

• Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee

• Horseshoe Bend