
Chapter 1 American West
Authored by JESSICA BURNAMAN
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
____________ promised free land in the West to Americans who would settle and farm it for 5 years.
Land Act of 1862
Homestead Act of 1862
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which act is responsible for the creation of many universities, including LSU and Grambling?
Land Act of 1862
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and 1890
Homestead Act of 1862
Dawes Act of 1887
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following two reasons were motivations for American westward migration based on this image?
prairie fires
practice religion
allure of the West/Manifest Destiny
pursuit of the American Dream
to escape oppressive governments
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The belief that the United States had the God given right to expand across the continent was called
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The belief in Manifest Destiny led people to move westward and live on the
Mississippi River
frontier
Atlantic Coast
border of California
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What were 2 reasons that Exodusters migrated to Kansas?
flee religious persecution
acquire inexpensive land
mine for precious metals
escape racial discrimination
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This image portrays the
achievement of the Transcontinental Railroad
the Sandy Creek Masacre
the development of Yellowstone National Park
the destruction of the American Bison
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