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Chapter 11 - Settling the West

Authored by Nathan Kiss

History

9th - 12th Grade

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Chapter 11 - Settling the West
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following were hardships that early settlers on the Great Plains faced?

crowded cities

scorching summers

dangerous factories

too many trees

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was another hardship that settlers on the Great Plains faced?

frequent Native Americans raids

plague

prairie fires

too many trees

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The open range was a large area of grassland where cattle ranchers could

buy land from the government.

graze their herds for free.

claim land within limits set by the government.

graze their herds in exchange for a small fee.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act?

They had to file a claim with a bank.

They had to live on the land all year long.

They had to wheel portable cabins from plot to plot.

They had to farm the land for five years in a row.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the era of the cattle drives, the leading cause of cowboy deaths was

over-exhaustion

being dragged by a horse

Native American raids

stampedes

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

George Custer attacked a large group of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at

Sand Creek

the Little Bighorn River

the Black Hills

Wounded Knee

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It was not until 1924 that Congress granted all Native Americans

citizenship

the right to assimilate

reservation lands

the right to vote

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