WorksheetsChapter 13 & 14 US
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What invention led to the end of the major cattle drives?
a)
Trains
b)
Semis
c)
Pigs
d)
Barbed Wire
2.
How long did it take to travel from coast to coast after the transcontinental railroad was built?
a)
4 months
b)
Less than a week
c)
10 days
d)
More than 2 weeks
3.
What was a boomtown called, after most of the people had left for other destinations?
a)
A bust
b)
A ghost town
c)
A city
d)
Nothing
4.
A rail line that connected the Eastern and Western coasts of the United States was called the _________________.
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Western Railroad
c)
Chisholm Trail
d)
Kanas Nebraska Railroad
5.
This discovery caused people to move West to mine for gold and silver and was found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Boom towns
d)
Nitro-glycerin
6.
Why did miners, cowhands, and ranchers want to move west.
a)
They wanted an adventure
b)
They wanted to escape the busy lifestyle in the East
c)
They were interested in economic opportunity
d)
They enjoyed big city life
7.
During the 1800s people flocked to the west in search of gold. They often created towns near gold mines. What was the name given to these towns?
a)
Boom Towns
b)
ghost towns
c)
plantations
d)
shantytowns
8.
Chinese immigrants came to the United States...
a)
to see something new
b)
to build homes
c)
family reasons
d)
for gold and to help build the transcontinental railroad.
9.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Provided a way of travel
b)
Attracted new settlers
c)
Transported goods
d)
Helped Native American way of life
10.
What was an effect of the gold rush?
a)
The quest for gold encouraged many settlers to move west
b)
California's population became smaller
c)
People became very poor
d)
None of the above
11.
What immigrant group helped to complete the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Chinese
b)
Irish
c)
African American
d)
All of these
12.
The Transcontinental Railroad met at Promontory, Utah.
a)
false
b)
true
13.
What is a subsidy?
a)
Grants of land or money
b)
A town miners formed
c)
A name for the immigrants who worked on the railroads
d)
A self-appointed law maker
14.
Why did American railroad workers hunt Buffalo?
a)
to use their fur for blankets
b)
to feed the railroad workers
c)
to take them from the Native Americans
d)
to aid in over-population
15.
Plains farmers were known as
a)
vigilantes
b)
dry farmers
c)
sodbusters
16.
What was the U.S. government policy toward the Plains Indians?
a)
allow them to free movement on the Great Plains
b)
move them to Mexico
c)
leave them alone
d)
confine them on reservations
17.
Land set aside for Native Americans is called...
a)
Reservation
b)
Homestead
c)
Colony
d)
Utopia
18.
Land granted to a settler is called...
a)
Reservation
b)
Colony
c)
Homestead
d)
Utopia
19.
What is the top layer of prairie soil called?
a)
lode
b)
sod
c)
homestead
d)
reservation
20.
What law offered free land to encourage settlers to move to the Great Plains?
a)
The Dawes Act
b)
The Homestead Act
c)
The Western Land Act
d)
The Settlement Act
21.
Establishing standard time and 4 time zones was necessary for...
a)
consistency among miners
b)
monitoring cattle on ranches
c)
coordinating trains
d)
Planting and harvesting on the Great Plains
22.
What happened at Wounded Knee?
a)
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined together
b)
Custer and his entire regiment were defeated and killed
c)
The largest discovery of silver in the U.S.
d)
U.S. troops killed more than 200 Sioux Indians
23.
Settlers on the Great Plains...
a)
relied on new inventions like John Deere's steel plow to help farm the prairie
b)
build their homes from wood
c)
limited the rights of women
d)
benefited from the predictable and calm weather
24.
Who was the 7th U.S. cavalry commander who was killed at Little Bighorn?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
George Custer
d)
Chief Joseph
25.
Who led the Nez Perce Indians who refused to submit to reservation life?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
George Custer
d)
Chief Joseph
26.
Sioux chief who refused to stay on the reservation and defeated U.S. cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn
a)
Geronimo
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
George Custer
d)
Chief Joseph
27.
Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years?
a)
the Homestead Act
b)
the Morrill Land Grant Act
c)
the Indian Removal Act
d)
the Dawes Act
28.
How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?
a)
the amount of bison did not change
b)
the amount of bison decreased
c)
the amount of bison increased
d)
bison migrated east
29.
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
a)
the railroads helped the NA move east
b)
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
c)
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
d)
the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had
30.
How did federal officials make Plains nations settle in one place?
a)
The Sand Creek Massacre
b)
The Pacific Railway Act
c)
Boomtowns attracted Native Americans
d)
They forced them to live on reservations.
31.
What was the last armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans?
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Little Big Horn
c)
Wounded Knee
32.
Land rush of 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to :
a)
South Dakota
b)
North Dakota
c)
Nevada
d)
Oklahoma
33.
Inventions that helped to revolutionize American life in the late 1800s included all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
electric light bulb
b)
lightweight camera
c)
the food processor
d)
motion picture camera
34.
The process that allowed steel to be made stronger and for less cost?
a)
the Kroll process
b)
the Bessemer process
c)
the Levy process
d)
the Poisson process
35.
Which organization first recognized a practical use for the Wright brothers' best-known invention during World War I?
a)
the Military
b)
United States Patent Office
c)
American Transportation Administration
d)
American Federation of Labor
36.
Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in which industry?
a)
Oil
b)
Furs
c)
Banking
d)
Steel
37.
John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in the ____________________ industry:
a)
Steel
b)
Oil
c)
Railroad
d)
Fur
38.
The robber baron who made a bundle of $$$ in the Railroad industry was:
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
John Jacob Astor
39.
J. Pierpont Morgan made his fortune in which industry?
a)
Railroads
b)
Banking
c)
Oil
d)
Steel
40.
John Jacob Astor made is fortune in the _________________ industry:
a)
Oil
b)
Steel
c)
Fur
d)
Banking
41.
Laissez-faire government policies benefited _______________________?
a)
Labor unions
b)
the military
c)
Big business
d)
immigrants
42.
Samuel Gompers was the leader
a)
National Labor Union
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
American Railway Union
43.
Which of the following is a method that unions use to allow mass numbers of workers to negotiate as one body?
a)
Lockouts
b)
Strikes
c)
Boycotts
d)
Collective Bargaining
44.
Used the capitalist system to exploit workers
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Slobber Barons
c)
Robber Barens
d)
Robber Barrons
45.
Founded by Samuel Gompers for skilled workers and became the leading labor union in the US
a)
South American Federation of Labor
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
African American Federation of Labor
d)
American Federation
46.
First big union fell apart after some unsuccessful strikes
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
Bishops of Labor
c)
Pawns of Labor
d)
Rooks of Labor
47.
Worker organization for higher wages, better conditions, benefits and pressure on government
a)
Labor Unions
b)
Progressive Unions
c)
Trusts
d)
NAACP
48.
Which was NOT a goal for workers organizing labor unions in the 1800's?
a)
Better working conditions
b)
Job security
c)
Improving wages
d)
Longer work days
49.
The labor union that accepted women, African-Americans , immigrants, and unskilled workers was:
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
Railroad Workers of America
d)
American Association of Textile Workers
50.
The labor union that only accepted skilled workers was :
a)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
b)
United Pony Express Riders of America
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
Association of Textile Workers
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