What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two?

• A. Gettysburg
• B. Vicksburg
• C. Fredericksburg
• D. Chancellorsville

On February 2, 1848, Mexico’s leaders signed the

• A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
• B. Treaty of Limits
• C. Adams-Onís Treaty.
• D. Rio Grande Treaty.

A free African American could be falsely taken into custody under the terms of what law?

• A. Fugitive Slave Act.
• B. Wilmot Proviso.
• C. Missouri Compromise.
• D. Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by

• A. hydraulic mining.
• B. placer mining.
• C. quartz mining.
• D. tunnel mining

One approach to farming on the Great Plains was “dry farming,” in which farmers

• A. cooperated to build community irrigation ditches.
• B. dug out depressions to create ponds for irrigation.
• C. grew crops that could withstand long periods without rain.
• D. planted seeds deep in the ground.

The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they __________ for five years.

• A. cut down trees on it
• B. fenced it off
• C. lived on it
• D. planted crops on it

What plan did the Indian Peace Commission propose in order to deal with Native American tensions in the West?

• A.negotiate peace with the various tribes
• B.create two large reservations to separate the Plains Indians from white settlers
• C.wipe out the Plains Indians through a series of strategic attacks
• D.pay the Plains Indians certain money for the land settlers were taking

The first oil well was drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by

• A. Alexander Graham Bell.
• B. Edwin Drake.
• C. Elisha Otis.
• D. Thomas Alva Edison.

The government offered each railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad__________ along its right-of-way.

• A. railroad stations
• B. natural resources
• C. land
• D. free housing

A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from

• A. China.
• B. Ireland.
• C. Japan.
• D. Mexico.