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Gallopade Chapter 2 Quiz

Authored by Sarah Fite

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Gallopade Chapter 2 Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why did many American immigrants move to the Great Plains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

to find gold

to get free land

to fight in a war

to work in factories

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Which phrases best describe the physical characteristics of the Great Plains? (Choose 3)

plentiful forests

tough, dry soil

fertile and easy-to-cultivate soil

treeless grasslands

limited water resources

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

After the Civil War, the number of farms grew dramatically in the......

South

Great Plains

Pacific Northwest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Some of the growth of farms in the Great Plains was due to the __________ , which gave free land to families.

Farming Rights

Lend Lease Act

Homestead Act

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Many of the families who received free land on the Great Plains were

single women

immigrants

Chinese Americans

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What innovation helped settlers who did not have enough lumber to build fences?

Windmills

Sod Houses

Barbed Wire

Steel Plows

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The soil was so hard that wooden tools broke so settlers invented _______.

The steel plow

Barbed Wire

Sod Houses

The windmill

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