The Midwest Test Review

Why did many pioneers move to the Great Plains?

• to find jobs in new industries

• to get land through the Homestead Act

• to escape fighting during the Civil War

• to settle along freshwater lakes

How did Joseph McCoy help to develop the Midwest's economy?

• by opening one of the region's largest stockyards

• by building the first factory in the region

• by introducing steamboats to the region

• by building one of the region's largest railroad centers

Is Iowa a Great Lakes State or a Great Plains State?

• Great Lakes State

• Great Plains State

Is Ohio a Great Lakes State or a Great Plains State

• Great Lakes State

• Great Plains State

Why did the US Government divide the Northwest Territory into townships and sections?

• to make it easier to clear areas for farming

• to make it easier to buy land from American Indians

• to stop people from bringing enslaved Africans to the area

• to end quarrels over who owned a piece of land

Is Kansas a Great Lakes State or a Great Plains State?

• Great Lakes State

• Great Plains State

Why did Detroit, Michigan become the center of the US automobile industry?

• Its factories were close to the region's steel industry.

• Its workers build all of their products by hand.

• It was already home to the region's farming industry.

• It was already shipping tons of farm equipment around the world.

Is Wisconsin a Great Lakes State or a Great Plains State?

• Great Lakes State

• Great Plains State

Is South Dakota a Great Plains State or a Great Lakes State?

• Great Lakes State

• Great Plains State

Reorder the following in the correct order.

• Settlers began arriving in the Midwest from the East.

• The Sioux began to capture wild horses that ran on the plains

• Many Sioux tribes headed west and moved from place to place following buffalo herds.

• The Sioux settled in villages along lakes and rivers in the Central Plains.