Reasons for Westward Expansion and Great Plains Quiz Review

Reasons for Westward Expansion and Great Plains Quiz Review

8th Grade

21 Qs

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Reasons for Westward Expansion and Great Plains Quiz Review

Reasons for Westward Expansion and Great Plains Quiz Review

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Land was enabled by ____________________ then passed during the Civil War, giving 160 acres to those who settled the land

Civil Rights Act

Homestead Act

Townshend Act

Scalawag Act

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Technological advances, including the _________________________ helped increase westward expansion.

Erie Canal

Ohio River

Transcontinental Railroad

Mechanical Reaper

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Possibility of obtaining __________, created by the discovery of gold and silver increased westward expansion.

political power

wealth

technology

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Possibility of obtaining wealth, created by the discovery of _______and ________ influenced many to move west.

copper and ore

iron and tin

gold and silver

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Immigration of workers from __________helped build much of the Transcontinental Railroad.

China

England

Russia

Spain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Desire for a new beginning for former ________________________ was another reason for the increase in westward expansion.

Confederate soldiers

enslaved African Americans

congressmen

wealthy plantation owners

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Former enslaved African Americans moved west to-

Work as sharecroppers

Escape from cyclical poverty and white intimidation and violence

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