Westward Expansion homework

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8th Grade

26 Qs

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Westward Expansion homework

Westward Expansion homework

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This act gave any citizen or intended citizen of the United States 160 acres of free land if they cultivated it and lived on it for 5 years. 

Homestead Act 
Dawes Act 
Pacific Railway Act 
Morrill Act 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This act have federal lands to railroad companies to complete a transcontinental railroad connecting the East and West coast of the United States 

Kansas-Nebraska Act 
Pacific Railway Act 
Dawes Act 
Homestead Act 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Required Indian to live within clearly defined land zones where they were isolated from everybody else. 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 
Missouri Compromise 
Trail of Tears 
Reservations 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the nation and helped to 

improving ranching conditions, settle the west, caused cities to shrink, discouraged new inventions
discouraged growth of cities, ranches, and farms in the west
promoted farming, discouraged the growth of cities, hurt the western economy
settle the west, cause cities to grow, improve the western economy, and encourage new inventions

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are some CLIMATE issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

Animals

No food

Wagon trains

Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two groups had a conflict over barbed wire?

Cowboys and Farmers
Slaves and Owners
Native Americans and Farmers
Railroad workers and Buffalo

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad build?

Omaha, Nebraska to the West, over the plains
Sacramento, California to the East, Over the mountains
Missouri to California
Over the Mississippi River

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