Settling The West

Settling The West

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History

9th - 12th Grade

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Shally Mendez

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
offered free land to those willing to farm it.
offered land to gold prospectors.
promised protection from Native Americans.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

Cotton
Deer
Buffalo
Gold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.
the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.
the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.
most of the land was too far from existing towns.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The term "sodbusters" refers to..

railroad workers.
Great Plains farmers.
Oklahomans.
cowhands.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

farm cooperative
sooner
Chisholm Trail
reservation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting

wagon trains
railroads
trucks
tractors

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Most farmers on the Great Plains grew ___________ because it could endure the dry conditions

corn
barley
wheat
cotton

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