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Expansion and Industry

Authored by Daryl Glenn

History

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Expansion and Industry
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
Morse code
Internet
Hydroelectricity

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

Snakes
Mountain lions
Bison
Locusts

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

Europe
The south
Asia
The west

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
It transported Native Americans to the west. 
 It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

Mexican Americans and Native Americans
Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
African Americans and European immigrants
Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Robert Fulton was hired to design and build the first __________ to be used to transport people up the Hudson River from New York to Albany.

steamboat

Sail boat

Row boat

Ironclad ship

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

During which time period did most territorial expansion of the United States take place?

Early 1700s
Early 1800s
Late 1700s

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