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American West History Quiz

Authored by Anthony Hupp

History

10th Grade

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American West History Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What helped make mining a central part of the American West, drawing enough people to western territories to lead to the creation of new states?

Homestead Strike

California Gold Rush

Pullman Railroad Strike

Haymarket Riot

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What act provided money to states to create new colleges and other institutions of higher learning, often specialized in agriculture or mechanical arts to help those living in the West?

College Act

Land-Grant College Act (Morrill Act)

Laissez-faire Economics

Americanization and Assimilation Policies

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What economic concept allowed businesses to operate without a lot of government interference, leading industries to innovate and industrialize?

Laissez-faire Economics

Morrill Act

Americanization and Assimilation Policies

California Gold Rush

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What policies removed many Native Americans from their homelands to allow more settlement in the West, causing Native American workers to abandon their cultural heritages and adopt White American customs?

Laissez-faire Economics

Morrill Act

Americanization and Assimilation Policies

Land-Grant College Act

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which industry was particularly important to the West, aside from gold and silver mining?

Textile industry

Cattle ranching

Automobile industry

Technology industry

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a negative consequence of the rapid economic growth during the mining boom in the West?

Improved working conditions for miners

Creation of sustainable towns

Dangerous and unhealthy environments for workers

Equal income distribution between company owners and employees

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the outcomes when the United States government encouraged Americans to move and settle in the West?

It improved relations with Native Americans

It led to the creation of many new states

It forced Native Americans off their lands through violence or treaties

It ensured fair treatment of workers by company owners

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