Tensions in the West

Which group would disagree with this statement: Owning a plot of land provides a sense of freedom.

• Texas ranchers

• European settlers

• U.S. government

• American Indians

All of these were an effect of the Homestead Act EXCEPT

• an increase in U.S. farms

• an increase in railway lines

• a decrease in settlers moving west

• a decrease in American Indian land

Which of these contributed to the flood of new settlers in the West?

• wars in Europe

• jobs in factories

• growth of railroads

• fear of American Indians

How did the U.S. government entice railroad companies to take on the transcontinental railroad project?

• by paying for all supplies

• by offering land and subsidies

• by providing all the laborers

• by transporting supplies by rail

Which group was most responsible for the completion of the transcontinental railroad project?

• Great Plains homesteaders

• Chinese immigrants

• California miners

• U.S. military

Which group was negatively affected by the transcontinental railroad?

• Plains Indians

• cattle ranchers

• Irish immigrants

• shipping workers

How did mining change the West?

• by improving the landscape

• by establishing law and order

• by ending American Indian conflicts

• by opening up areas to new settlement

What caused the Plains people to finally move to reservations?

• financial incentives

• opportunity to own land

• educational opportunities

• extermination of the buffalo

Which of these describes the "long drive"?

• the movement of cattle to railroad lines

• the path leading the Nez Perce to Canada

• the action of nailing spikes into railway ties

• the path followed by the buffalo hunters on the Great plains

Which of the following was the typically the last step in this process: gold discovered, mining camps, boomtowns, _____

• gold rush

• ghost towns

• crime waves

• law and order