Crash Course US History #24 Westward Expansion

Crash Course US History #24 Westward Expansion

10th Grade

9 Qs

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Crash Course US History #24 Westward Expansion

Crash Course US History #24 Westward Expansion

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

10th Grade

Medium

Created by

Cara Stombock

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who settled in the west?

Former slaves

Eastern American families

Canadian Mounties

Chinese Immigrants

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did railroads make it possible for people to settle out west?

Railroads made mainstream vacation travel possible.

Companies paid workers to move out west and build an extensive railroad network.

They allowed settlers to become/remain connected.

Without them, there would be no (efficient) way to exchange necessary goods.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

White settlers moving out west most negatively impacted which people group?

Native Americans

Immigrants

Former slaves

Women

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was an effect of the Dawes Act?

White settlers could move out west and claim land in 1862.

Native Americans lost 86 million acres of their land.

Native Americans kept their tribal lands in exchange for payment.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Indian children were forcefully removed from their families to be civilized at boarding schools.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did cowboys and massive cattle drives END in places like Abilene, Wichita, and Dodge City?

There was a watering hole for the animals.

The Homestead Act would not allow them to go further.

The railheads were there.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Women in the west worked only in the home while the men took care of the farm/ranch.

True

False

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state in 1900 was home to large commercial farms that drew immigrant workers from Asia and Mexico?

Oregon

New Mexico

California

Arizona

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Industrialization, for better or worse, created a _______ that benefited more people in more places.

agriculture

drought

scarcity

surplus

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