Midterm Review Alpha

The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.

• Land Grants

• Stock

• Buffalo Hides

• More Workers

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

• To move prisoners west

• To encourage westward expansion

• To defeat Mexico

• To make peace with the Native Americans

How did the federal government encourage settlement of Kansas? Select all the apply.

• helped railroad companies to expand out West

• only allowed Native Americans to settle in western Kansas

• passed legislation to obtain cheap land

• didn't allow African Americans to settle in Kansas

What act motivated many people to move out to Kansas?

• Jayhawker Act

• Homestead Act

• Free Land Act

• Indian Removal Act

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

What did the Homestead Act offer?

• a new home for travelers

• a stop along the Oregon Trail

• free land after 5 years of living on it.

What act explains this picture?

• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Nativism Act
• Quota System

Which statement explains this cartoon best?

• Farmers were happy with railroads
• Farmers left the Grange movement to join railroad companies
• Farmers felt they were treated unfairly by railroads

Explain this image:

• Trusts had little power in politics
• Trusts controlled politicians to keep them from regulating them
• Trusts had few friends in Congress

Economy of the blue region favored

• Agriculture
• Industry/Factories
• Union 
• Confederacy