Westward Expansion (USHA)
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which of the following correctly describes a belief of Native Americans toward the land of the Great Plains?
Native Americans believed that starting a business on the land would give them a stake in the country.
Native Americans believed that they had forfeited rights to the land because they did not improve it.
Native Americans believed that they should not be allowed to hunt on their traditional land.
Native Americans believed that land was unable to be owned.
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which of the following was a part of the government’s plan of assimilation for the Native Americans? Choose the two correct answers.
A. Students would be able to speak any language they chose to in school.
B. The government would set up schools for Native American children.
C. Native American students would learn to live like white Americans.
D. Students would be encouraged to wear their traditional clothing.
E. Native Americans would maintain their beliefs and way of life.
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
How did Helen Hunt Jackson’s plan for helping Native Americans differ from the government’s plan?
A. She encouraged Native Americans to change their lifestyle.
B. She insisted that Native American children needed to be educated.
C. She focused on increasing public awareness about problems that Native Americans faced.
D. She suggested that Native Americans learn the industrial and domestic activities of American culture.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which of the following helped the cattle industry to become a big business in the late 1800s?
The amount of buffalo increased greatly.
The invention of barbed wire led to an open range.
The demand for beef increased due to growing cities.
The number of people who wanted to become cowboys increased.
5.
MATCH QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Write the letter of each characteristic in the correct column in the table to show whether it contributed to the rise or the decline of the cattle industry. All of the characteristics will be used. The Rise of the Cattle Industry | The Decline of the Cattle Industry
Decline
the decrease in the supply of buffalo
Rise
the invention of barbed wire
Rise
overgrazing of land
Decline
the increase in the demand for beef
Rise
the seizing of Native Americans’ land
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Why did most African Americans migrate West from southern states in the late 1870s?
to own land in a place where freedoms would not be restricted
to come to work on the transcontinental railroad
to avoid fighting for the South in the Civil War
to join the speculators looking to find gold
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which of the following were difficulties that settlers on the frontier faced? Choose the three correct answers.
the possibility of earthquakes
the threat of raids by Native Americans
social isolation and loneliness
extreme weather conditions
the lack of good farmland
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