Westward expansion quiz

TEKS 3B, 29B:Which statement best completes this list?

• Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef.

• Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants.

• The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture.

• The need to process large amounts of Cattle made meatpacking a major industry

TEKS 12A:

- Built Sod Houses

- Used Steel Plows

- Developed Dry Farming Techniques

• How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

TEKS 15A: Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction

• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies

TEKS 15A: The passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, led to

• increased agricultural output

• increased tensions between the United States and Canada

• decreased European immigration to the United States

• fewer job opportunities in eastern factories

TEKS 15A:

-Congress passed the Homestead Act

- Transcontinental Railroad completed

- Precious minerals such as gold and silver are discovered

The pull factors above led to-

• the growth of cities

• westward settlement

• Indian Removal

• events of the Industrial Revolution

TEKS 3B, 15A: The discoveries shown on this map impacted the areas by-

• enriching the American Indians living in these locations

• forcing farmers to leave those areas where minerals were discovered

• causing manufacturing centers to move further west.

• attracting large numbers of settlers to these areas

TEKS 15A: Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s?

• The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

• The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the West.

• The railroad contributed to population growth and increased sharecropping in the East.

• The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks in the East.