L26: Tensions in the West

Who said “I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter”?

• Sitting Bull

• Wild Bill Hickok

• Annie Oakley

• Bill the Kid

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 colonists moving west.

• a decrease in Indigenous land.

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

• wars in Europe

• jobs in factories

• growth of railroads

• fear of Indigenous people

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?

• Indigenous people of the Plains

• cattle ranchers

• Irish immigrants

• shipping workers

How did mining change the West?

• by improving the landscape

• by establishing law and order

• by ending Indigenous conflicts

• by opening up areas to new colonization

Which of these describes the long drive?

• the movement of cattle to railroad lines

• the path leading the Nimiipuu to Canada

• the action of nailing spikes into railway ties

• the path followed by bison hunters in the Great Plains

After a successful 20 years, what caused the end of the long drive?

• growth of cities

• winter weather conditions

• conflict with farmers

• government regulations

Which of these was a challenge for farmers on the Great Plains?

• unreliable rainfall

• conflicts with ranchers

• miners intruding on land

• clearing of abundant trees