US History-Unit 1

US History-Unit 1

9th - 12th Grade

27 Qs

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US History-Unit 1

US History-Unit 1

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History, Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The railroads were funded by loans and _____________.

Land Grants

Stock

Buffalo Hides

More Workers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.

10 years, 50 acres

1 year, 80 acres

7 years, 180 acres

5 years, 160 acres

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened at Custer's Last Stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Custer killed all of the Lakota Indians.
Custer and Sitting Bull made an agreement that the Native Americans Could have their land.
Custer was killed, along with his entire force.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 

Homestead Act 
Morrill Act 
Dawes Act 
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Dawes Act...

Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?

The Homestead Promise
The Homestead Neighborhood
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead farmland

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