WorksheetsWestward Expansion Inventions and Adaptations
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Allowed food to be grown in dry areas
a)
sod houses
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
dry framing
2.
Allowed quicker and more efficient way to transport people and goods in and out of Great Plains
a)
steel plow
b)
cattle raising
c)
railroads
d)
windmills
3.
Gave practical solution to discovery of local wild cattle (longhorns)
a)
cattle raising
b)
dry framing
c)
wheat farming
d)
barbed wire
4.
Planted before harsh winter and harvested before hot, dry summer
a)
railroads
b)
wheat farming
c)
dry framing
d)
windmills
5.
Provided shelter is area with few trees
a)
windmills
b)
steel plows
c)
sod houses
d)
railroads
6.
Provided a source of water
a)
windmills
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plows
d)
sod houses
7.
Broke through tough sod
a)
sod houses
b)
steel plows
c)
barbed wire
d)
windmills
8.
Created pastures-keeps thing in- at first created to keep things out (cattle trails)
a)
barbed wire
b)
sod houses
c)
steel plows
d)
windmills
9.
1874-twisted wire with spokes
a)
barbed wire
b)
steel plows
c)
dry framing
d)
sod houses
10.
1860s-took off because of the railroad
a)
dry framing
b)
sod houses
c)
cattle raising
d)
wheat farming
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