Unit 01 - Rise of Industrialization

(US.01) The most significant obstacle in building the Transcontinental Railroad was

• crossing the Appalachian Mountains.

• laying track across the Great Plains.

• removing hostile Native Americans from the region.

• crossing the Sierra Nevada Range and the Rocky Mountains.

(US.01) Which of these helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865?

• California Gold Rush

• Abolition of Slavery

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

(US.01) The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to

• encourage people to populate U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River.

• provide people with economic incentives to settle in the territory of Florida.

• provide free blacks with “40 acres and a mule” in former Confederate states.

• offer former Confederate officers a place to live in return for their loyalty to the U.S.

(US.01) Which group of people was primarily responsible for constructing the Transcontinental Railroad from California eastward?

• Apache

• Chinese

• Irish

• Sioux

• Affected public lands in 30 of the 50 states
• Resulted in the settlement of over 270,000,000 acres on the western frontier
• Gave settlers up to 160 acres for a filing fee of less than $20
• Required that settlers make improvements to the land, build a home, and farm the land for a minimum of five years

(US.01) What piece of legislation is being described?

• the Dawes Plan

• the Homestead Act

• the Indian Removal Act

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

(US.01) Which is the BEST description of the effect that the Homestead Act had on the American economy in the late 1800's?

• The Act had positive effect on the social status of minorities and immigrants in American society.

• The Homestead Act resulted in the near extinction of the western buffalo and had a tremendously negative impact on Native American culture.

• The Homestead Act created sectional tension between northern and southern politicians over the issue of slavery's expansion into new territories.

• While the east gradually became more and more urban and industrial, the farmlands of the west became the center of the nation's agricultural production.

(US.02) In the late 1800s, the federal government attempted to place all Plains Indians on reservations, most of which were located in which state?

• Minnesota

• Nebraska

• Oklahoma

• Texas

(US.02) The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was created to

• regulate interstate trade and commerce.

• give slaves land in the former Confederate states.

• institute the death penalty for crimes against federal officials.

• redistribute Indian lands from public to private ownership to help assimilate them into the US population.

(US.02) Chief Sitting Bull led Sioux warriors at the June 1876 conflict known as

• Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee.

• the Fetterman Massacre.

• the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

(US.02) The conflict that occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890 can BEST be described as

• a massacre of Lakota Sioux by United States Cavalry.

• the last major battle in the United States Civil War.

• the first major battle in the United States Civil War.

• a massacre of the United States Cavalry by Lakota Sioux.