American History Semester 1 Review

The Homestead Act allowed Western settlers to

•  control the best 

  land on the Great 

  Plains.

• sell their land to 

  European investors.

• determie where the rairoads would build new tracks.

• receive land for 

  free after living on it for five years.

 A serious toll was taken on Native Americans from the advancing American settlers, forced movement, and

• immigration.

• broken treaties.

• drought.

• the Civil War.

What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

• farming

• fur trading

• mining

• ranching

Which of the following were hardships that early settlers on the Great Plains faced?

• too many trees

• crowded cities

• dangerous factories

• scorching summers

The fencing of the open range resulted in

• the end of the long cattle drives.

• lower demand for beef.

• increased sheep herding.

• an influx of gold miners.

Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

• the government.

• plow manufacturers.

• the mining industry.

• cattle ranchers.

The confrontation at Wounded Knee began because the government wanted the Lakota Sioux to stop

• raiding nearby farms

• hunting outside of their reservation.

• violating a treaty.

• performing the Ghost Dance.

Native Americans who roamed vast distances were considered

• trappers.

• miners.

• nomads.

• farmers.

The Chisholm Trail was a trail that

• Lewis and Clark 

  mapped on their 

  journey to the 

  Pacific Ocean.

• cowboys used to

   drive cattle to a 

  railroad line.

• wagon trains 

  followed through 

  the Rocky 

  Mountains.

• Native Americans 

  traveled on their 

  forced westward 

  migration.

A glut of wheat on the world market led to

• falling wheat 

  prices paid to 

  farmers.

• an increase in the

  number of 

  bonanza farms.

• an increased 

  general demand 

  for wheat.

• construction of 

  new railroad lines.