Chapter 6: A Growing Nation Quiz

Native Americans knew the land well. They traveled by boats on rivers and by foot on trails they had made.

• True

• False

Which of these is in the correct order?

• wagon trains, Native American trails, railroads, highways

• highways, wagon trains, Native American trails, railroads

• Native American trails, wagon trains, railroads, highways

Which of these helped families buy land and start a new life in the West?

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the Gold Rush

• the Homestead Act

This act stopped immigration from China for 10 years.

• the Homestead Act

• the Gold Rush

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

A mail system where horse riders rode to the West delivering mail.

• the Panda Express

• the Telephone Express

• the Pony Express

The telephone was unique because

• people could talk without seeing each other

• people didn't need wires

• people didn't like telegrams

Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman worked hard to help free enslaved African Americans. They were called

• inventors

• activists

• farmers

Vaccines help keep people healthy.

• True

• False