
Westward Expansion TEST Review
Authored by Johanna Martinez
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the Homestead Act of 1862 encourage people to move West?
It set up reservations for freed African Americans
It offered free land to those willing to farm it
It offered land to gold prospectors
It promised protection from Native Americans
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Settlers and Plains Indians came into conflict mostly because
Chiefs like Sitting Bull refused to go to reservations
Settlers ignored treaties protecting Indian lands
Railroad passengers shot at buffalo
Indians claimed more land than they could use
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A MAJOR BENEFIT of the Transcontinental Railroad was that
More buffalo were left on the Plains
Fewer states entered the Union
Supplies and mail moved more quickly and cheaply
Congress gave loans to railroad companies
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Based on this quote, which statement best describes Chief Joseph's point of view?
To stop the attempt of his people's escape to Canada
To continue resisting United States forces
To stop hunting buffalo
To move back to their tribal lands
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A historian would find this document to be most useful to
Understand the hardships and conflicts Native Americans faced in the Great Plains
Analyze the impact of segregation on African Americans
Justify westward expansion
Understand the effects of the civil war
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Plains Indians used the buffalo for ALL of the following EXCEPT:
Food
Clothing
Transportation
Shelter
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What material did Homesteaders use to build their homes from on the Great Plains?
Dirt
Clay
Sod
Silt
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