TCI Lesson 24

All of these were an effect of the Homestead Act EXCEPT

• an increase in U.S. farms

• an increase in railway lines

• a decrease in colonists moving west

• a decrease in American Indian land

Which of these contributed to the flood of new colonists in the West?

• wars in Europe

• jobs in factories

• growth of railroads

• fear of American Indians

How did the U.S. government entice railroad companies to take on the transcontinental railroad project?

• by paying for all supplies

• by offering land subsidies

• by providing all the laborers

• by transporting supplies by rail

Which group was negatively affected by the transcontinental railroad?

• Plains Indians

• cattle ranchers

• Irish immigrants

• shipping workers

How did mining change the West?

• by improving the landscape

• by establishing law and order

• by ending American Indian conflicts

• by opening up areas to new colonization

Which of the following was typically the last step in this sequence?

• gold rush

• ghost towns

• crime waves

• law and order

Which of these describes the long drive?

• the movement of cattle to railroad lines

• the path leading the Nez Perce to Canada

• the action of nailing spikes into railway ties

• the path followed by bison hunters in the Great Plains

What forced the Plains Indians to finally move to reservations?

• financial incentives

• opportunity to own land

• educational opportunities

• extermination of the bison

After a successful 20 years, what caused the end of the long drive?

• growth of cities

• weather conditions

• conflict with farmers

• government regulations

Which of these was a challenge for farmers on the Great Plains?

• unreliable rainfall

• conflicts with ranchers

• miners intruding on land

• clearing of abundant trees