Unit 2 Westward Expansion Check Point Quiz

SS.912.A.2.7 What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

• to make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate

• to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers

• to prove employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War

• to make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream America

SS.912.G.4.2 How did completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?

• the railroad led to new discoveries of precious minerals

• the railroad required immense quantities of iron and coal to build

• the railroad frightened Indian tribes, who retreated to reservations

• the railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back east

SS.912.A.2.7 Which of the following best describes why both Americanization strategies failed to assimilate Native Americans?

• Native Americans disagreed about the goals for their communities

• Native Americans had to give up their traditions and values

• The Bureau of Indian Affairs set requirements that were unclear

• The Bureau of Indian Affairs was inefficient and understaffed

SS.912..4.2 How did mining discoveries affect westward expansion?

• the profitability of mining discoveries attracted railroad development and caused rapid population growth

• mining discoveries on reservations provided Native Americans with wealth they used to resist further expansion

• mining discoveries went through boom-bust cycles so quickly that they had little effect on westward expansion

• mining discoveries on Native American reservations led to many battles between federal soldiers and prospectors when the soldiers enforced terms of treaties.

SS.912.A.3.4 How did innovations help farmers overcome economic challenges of farming on the Great Plains during the 1800s?

• open ranges allowed farmers to combine wheat crops and harvest them together, increasing prosperity

• use of migrant workers allowed farmers to harvest bigger crops and increase their profitability.

• technology allowed farmers to overcome droughts by watering wheat using deep wells

• improve technology helped farmers increase production on good years which helped families survive years of drought and low yield.

SS.912.A.3.1 What is NOT part of the Morrill Land Grant Acts

• encourage education and research focused on agriculture and science

• promote innovations and practices to support important sectors of the U.S. economy

• help farmers on the Plains get mortgages

SS.912.A.3.4 What conditions were prevalent in American society that lead to the long cattle drives in the 1860s?

• creation of barbed wire to fence in large ranches to protect cattle and construction of railroads in Kansas and Missouri

• construction of railroads to California and high demand caused by the California Gold Rush

• open range and high demand for food among Native Americans as buffalo herds declined

• open ranges, construction of railroads in Kansas and Missouri, and high demand for beef in eastern markets

SS.912.A.2.7 What indicated a shift in federal policy toward Native Americans in the late 1880s and 1890s?

• the Dawes Act and the creation of Indian schools

• the creation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and reservations

• the Homestead Act and the Dawes Act

• the Morrill Land Grant College Act and the creation of Indian schools

SS.912.A.2.7 The 1887 General Allotment Act, also known as the Dawes Act, has a policy of giving private property ownership to Native Americans in order to divided the native American reservations into individual "family farms." What was a practical result of this policy?

• Many Native American tribes lost large portions of their reservations

• many Native Americans became assimilated to the American culture of family farming.

• he Nez Perce Conflict occurred between Nez Perce Native Americans and the U.S. army forces

• American settlers moved to lands formerly owned by Native Americans and slaughtered most of the buffalo that Native Americans depended on for their livelihood.

SS.912.A.3.10 In 1880s, every state and territory in the U.S. had railway tracks, Which statement BEST describes an effect of railroad growth on the U.S. economy in the 1880s?

• railroad companies had to pay higher wages to employees

• it provided between links between raw materials and markers

• it increased competition between states and territories

• it decreased taxes that railroad companies had to pay