Gallopade Chapter 2 Quiz

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

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

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

• South

• Great Plains

• Pacific Northwest

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

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

• single women

• immigrants

• Chinese Americans

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

• Windmills

• Sod Houses

• Barbed Wire

• Steel Plows

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

• The steel plow

• Barbed Wire

• Sod Houses

• The windmill

Low rainfall and few water sources caused settlers to invent this, which helped them access water underground.

• Barbed Wire

• Steel Plows

• Windmills

• Sod Houses

Settlers did not have enough wood to build houses. Instead, they built these:

• Windmills

• Barbed wire fences

• Sod houses

• steel plows

Because travel between the Great Plains and the East took so long by wagon or horse, this was built to make travel more efficient:

• Steel Plows

• Windmills

• Sod Houses

• Transcontinental Railroad