Westward Expansion
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad affect the United States in the late 1800s?
It reduced economic hardships for many American Indian tribes.
It allowed for the construction of textile mills across the West.
It decreased the need for the country to be reunified.
It encouraged people to establish settlements beyond the western frontier.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
The process described above led to -
peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians.
the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier.
federal regulation of agriculture.
a decline in immigration in urban areas.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
Which factor contributed to the settling of the American West by immigrants arriving from places such as China, Ireland, and Scandinavia?
Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Development of cattle drive trails out of Texas
Invention of the commercial electric telegraph
Establishment of a system of Indian reservations
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
Click on the image to better see the list.
What is the best title for this list?
How Sharecroppers lived in the Deep South
Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest
How Minors took advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities
Ways settlers adapted to conditions on the Great Plains
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
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What was the primary reason the Exodusters left the south?
To escape drought conditions
To reunite with family members
To find employment in U.S. wartime industries
To escape oppression and discrimination
6.
MATCH QUESTION
15 mins • 17 pts
Match the following
The Frontier, West, Great Plains
Massive rush of people to Alaska in hopes of striking in rich
Transcontinental Railroad
Cheap government land that accelerated westward expansion
Klondike Gold Rush
Connected the east coast and west coast
Homestead Act 1862
Areas not settled by technological advances and home to Native Americans
Exodusters
First migration of former African American slaves from the south to the west to escape racial oppression
7.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where did people most likely settle during the Homestead Act of 1862
(Select 1 Response)
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