
New West
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Which of the following was not an impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?
It allowed Native Americans to travel around the US
It helped African Americans gain equality
It helped the economy by allowing to move goods from coast to coast.
It gave access to lands on the East Coast
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Why did Chief Joseph stop fighting with settlers and the government?
To end suffering and save lives
To negotiate with the government
To settle the land and farm
To leave for Canada
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What did the Homestead Act grant to settlers?
160 acres of land to farm
Plots of land to mine for gold
Jobs on the railroad
Money to buy land from Native Americans
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
Help African Americans move west
Encourage farmers to plant more crops
Buy land for the Railroad
Make Native Americans farmers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What best describes a Boomtown?
Towns grow, and merchants prosper as miners move to the area
A town that no longer has gold
Miners strike it rich, the town grows
Railroad comes to town
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What best describes a Ghost town?
The town is expanding very quickly
The railroad leaves the town
After a while, the mines produce less, and people abandon the town
People are getting rich from the mine
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Why did the Dawes act fail?
Whites broke their treaties with Native Americans
Whites destroyed buffalo herds
Native Americans did not usually become farmers
Native Americans wanted to become Americanized
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