Unit 11 Introduction Reading Assignment

Unit 11 Introduction Reading Assignment

7th Grade

29 Qs

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Unit 11 Introduction Reading Assignment

Unit 11 Introduction Reading Assignment

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What was the main impact of white colonizers on Indigenous people in North America?

They forced Indigenous people from their land.

They helped Indigenous people build new communities.

They traded goods with Indigenous people.

They protected Indigenous lands from other colonizers.

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What animal lived in huge herds across the Great Plains of the American West?

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Which two laws passed in 1862 stirred new interest in the West?

The Homestead Act

The Indian Removal Act

The Fugitive Slave Act

The Dred Scott Decision

The Pacific Railway Act

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What was required of homesteaders to gain ownership of the land?

Clear and farm the land for five years

Pay a small fee

Build a house within a year

Plant a specific crop

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What was the impact of the Homestead Act on the number of farms in the U.S. between 1860 and 1910?

The number of farms tripled

The number of farms doubled

The number of farms remained the same

The number of farms decreased

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What prevented many Black families from taking advantage of the Homestead Act?

Sharecropping schemes and other challenges

Lack of interest in farming

High cost of moving west

Government restrictions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What was the main purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?

To build a transcontinental railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts

To provide free land to settlers and control Canada

To loan money to railroad companies and invade Mexico

To connect the American North and South by airline industries

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