M2 Westward Expansion Assessment

M2 Westward Expansion Assessment

9th Grade

41 Qs

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M2 Westward Expansion Assessment

M2 Westward Expansion Assessment

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RI.4.3, RI.5.3, RI.6.3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

mountains
crossing rivers
the great plains
all of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did the western expansion impact the buffalo population?

the amount of buffalo did not change

this almost caused the buffalo's extinction

the amount of buffalo increased

buffalo migrated east

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?

the gold runs out in the local mine

ghosts scared the people away

both

none of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Hydraulic mining is...?

extracting gold by using high pressure water

circling dirt and rocks from a river in a pan so the heavier gold stays

digging tunnels and blasting

mining did not provide any jobs for local residents

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

they became rich

they were forced to live on reservations and live in poverty

they fought off the settlers and formed their own country: Indiana

Native American culture became widely adopted by white settlers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

William McKinley was supported by the ____________ and was the __________ Presidential candidate in 1896.

miners and was the Whig

bimedalists and was the Populist

Southerners and was the Democrat

goldbugs and was the Republican

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Exodusters choose to move west in hopes of finally owning land and escaping discrimination. They were:

European Immigrants
Asian Immigrants
Mexican Americans
African Americans

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