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WorksheetsWMS Westward Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following inventions was vital in order to plant crops in the Great Plains?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Mechanical Reaper
c)
Windmill
d)
Sod House
2.
Who led an unsuccessful exodus to Canada?
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Geronimo
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
Crazy Horse
3.
Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Wounded Knee Treaty
4.
Which battle occurred in 1876 in which the Sioux defeated Custer's 7th Cavalry?
a)
The Little Bighorn
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
The Black Hills
d)
Sitting Bull
5.
Which animal saw its population decline over 99% between 1800 and 1900?
a)
Buffalo
b)
Deer
c)
Cattle
d)
Ponies
6.
Which technology consisted of cheap, effective fencing that prevented cattle from roaming?
a)
Barbed Wire
b)
Steel Fence
c)
Railroads
d)
Dry Farming
7.
What were formerly enslaved African Americans who moved to the Great Plains called?
a)
Exodusters
b)
Reservations
c)
Little Bighorns
d)
Mormons
8.
Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
The Little Bighorn
c)
Bull Run
d)
Falling Timbers
9.
Which policy included boarding schools and the reduction of the buffalo population?
a)
Assimilation
b)
Exodus
c)
Erosion
d)
Homesteading
10.
Which individual was on the winning side of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
George Custer
c)
Chief Joseph
d)
Jim Thorpe
11.
Who was an Apache chief who fought against U.S. troops for 19 years?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Red Cloud
d)
Chief Joseph
12.
Which invention allowed westward movement to occur quickly?
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Wheat Farming
c)
Beef Cattle Raising
d)
Windmill
13.
Which was NOT a reason for settlement in the Great Plains after the Civil War?
a)
Jobs in Factories
b)
Adventure
c)
Gold and Silver
d)
Technological Advances
14.
One physical feature of the Great Plains is that there is low
a)
Rainfall
b)
Dust Storms
c)
Wind Gusts
d)
Erosion
15.
Which of the following caused erosion in the Great Plains?
a)
Wind
b)
Farming
c)
Animals
d)
Mining
16.
What did windmills do on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?
a)
Pump Water
b)
Create Electricity
c)
Harvest Wheat
d)
Measure Wind
17.
Which vocabulary word describes what miners did in the Black Hills, leading to the Great Sioux War?
a)
Encroach
b)
Exodus
c)
Assimilate
d)
Erode
18.
Which state is located ENTIRELY within the Great Plains?
a)
Kansas
b)
Colorado
c)
Wisconsin
d)
Oregon
19.
Which tribe did Chief Joseph lead?
a)
Nez Perce
b)
Cherokee
c)
Sioux
d)
Apache
20.
Which of the following increased after the Civil War?
a)
Settlers in the Great Plains
b)
Buffalo Population
c)
Homelands of American Indians
d)
Slavery in the Great Plains
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