Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

11th Grade

7 Qs

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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

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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

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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

Klondike Gold Rush

Connected the east coast and west coast

The Frontier, West, Great Plains

Cheap government land that accelerated westward expansion

Homestead Act 1862

First migration of former African American slaves from the south to the west to escape racial oppression

Exodusters

Areas not settled by technological advances and home to Native Americans

Transcontinental Railroad

Massive rush of people to Alaska in hopes of striking in rich

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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