Tensions in the West lesson 17

Which group would disagree with this statement? "Owning a plot of land provides a sense of freedom."

• Texas ranchers

• European settlers

• U.S. government

• American Indians

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 settlers moving west.

• a decrease in American Indian land.

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

• wars in Europe

• jobs in factories

• growth of railroads

• fear of American Indians

Which group was most responsible for the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

• Great Plains homesteaders

• Chinese immigrants

• California miners

• U.S. military

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 landscape

• by establishing law and order

• by ending American Indian conflicts

• by opening up areas to new settlement

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 to the Nez Perce to Canada

• the action of nailing spikes into railway ties

• the path followed by bison hunters in the Great Plains

What caused the Plains Indians to finally move to reservations?

• financial incentives

• opportunity to own land

• educational opportunities

• extermination of the bison