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Americans move west

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History

8th Grade

Americans move west
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was an trans continental railroad

Railroad from the north to south

Railroad from the east to the west of the united states

Railroad that from cities to cities

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The most popular breed of cattle was ____________

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In 1860 a system of messengers on horseback called the _________ began to carry messages west. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

an area of land that is undeveloped

boomtowns

open range

frontier

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The _________________ was the U.S. Army’s worst defeat in the battle over western lands, and the Sioux’s last major victory.

Little Bighorn

Civil War

World War I

Vicksburg

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

New treaties between the United States and Plains Indians in 1861 created _________________, areas of federal land set aside for American Indians.

cattle drive

open range

reservations

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This cattle trail ran from San Antonio, Texas to the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas.

Western Trail

Chisolm Trail

Goodnight-Loving Trail

Potter-Bacon Trail

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