
Transcontinental RR/Homestead Act CFA
Authored by Tom Staebell
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which president signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law?
Abraham Lincoln
James Polk
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?
To move prisoners west
To encourage westward expansion
To defeat Mexico
To make peace with the Native Americans
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.
10 years, 50 acres
1 year, 80 acres
7 years, 180 acres
5 years, 160 acres
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What invention allowed people and goods to travel across the country in just a week?
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