8th Western Agriculture Quiz

Cattle drives followed closely by:

• highways

• fields

• farms

• railroads

Cow towns in the West were most common in which states?

• Kansas

• All three

• Nebraska

• Missouri

Cow hands were challenged with many cattle and ____.

• Hot summers and cold winters

• Hot weather all the time

• very cold weather

• tundra climate

Which of these provided free land to those who promised to live there for at least five years?

• The Morrill Acts

• Navigation Acts

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

Around when did Westward expansion begin?

• Late 1700s

• Early 1830s

• Early 1900s

• Late 1800s

What did the Morrill Acts offer? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

• free land for those living on it for at least 5 years

• 30,000 acres of land for colleges

• Provided land-grant colleges for African Americans

• Made college more expensive

Which of these is an example of cooperation that occurred with Western agriculture?

• National Grange

• Farmers Only

• Farmers Unite

• Farmers' Alliance

Women on the Plains were considered:

• farmers

• stay-at-home moms

• dependent on others

• self-sufficient

What would the Populist idea of "free silver" cause?

• inflation

• a limited amount of money

• more money for banks only

• a better economy

Which person won won the election of 1896?

• William Jennings Bryan

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• Grover Cleveland