WorksheetsExpansion/ Indians/ Industrialization
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was not the goals of the Unions
a)
higher wages
b)
shorter work hours
c)
12 hour work days
d)
end child labor
2.
Which of the following was NOT a new piece of technology that allowed the railroads to grow during the period 1865-1900?
a)
Westinghouse air brake
b)
Steel rails
c)
Refrigerated cars
d)
Steam engines
3.
What does Tatanka mean.
a)
deer
b)
snake
c)
buffalo
d)
rabbit
4.
Linked East coast of United States to West coast
a)
Transcontinental Airline
b)
Transcontinental Road
c)
Transcontinental Bus Route
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
5.
True or False: Tenements often had running water.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Oil industry
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
7.
This picture is an example of a ...
a)
tenement.
b)
political machine.
c)
monopoly.
d)
sweatshop.
8.
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, massacred the U.S. 7th Cavalry led by General George Custer
a)
Sand Creek Massacre
b)
Wounded Knee
c)
Little Big Horn
d)
Big Little Horn
9.
How did railroads help with trade and economic growth?
a)
They did NOT help.
b)
Helped cows eat more and grow bigger
c)
Provided a way to get crops and animals to the markets
10.
What town did the Union Pacific Railroad start in?
a)
Omaha, NB
b)
Promontory, UT
c)
Sacramento, CA
d)
New York, NY
11.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
12.
This animal was greatly affected by the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
a)
hogs
b)
cows
c)
chickens
d)
bison (American buffalo)
13.
Divided Indian tribal lands and tried to Americanize (assimilate) them and break up tribes
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Dawgs Act
d)
Zimmerman Act
14.
1862 - Provided 160 acres free to anyone willing to settle and develop westward
a)
Frontier Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Open Range Act
15.
Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought wars against Indians on Great Plains
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Buffalo Wings
c)
Buffalo Navy
d)
Buffalo Riders
16.
The belief that the United States was destined to own all of the lands in West of the Mississippi that are a part of the United States today was called?
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Anglo-Saxonism
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Imperialism
17.
Who won the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
The U.S. Army
b)
The Sioux
c)
Neither won, a ceasefire was signed.
d)
It was considered a loss for both sides.
18.
Which event is considered the end of the American Indian Wars?
a)
The Battle of Little Big Horn
b)
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
c)
The Sand Creek Massacre
d)
The Trail of Tears
19.
-battle in which Crazy Horse helped lead the Lakota to victory against United States forces
a)
Little Big Horn
b)
Crazy Horse's War
c)
The Great Lakota War
20.
-when cowboys guided huge herds of cattle north to new railroad lines extending across the Great Plains
a)
Homesteaders
b)
cattle drive
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Pioneer
21.
-settler who claimed land through the Homestead Act
a)
Homesteader
b)
cattle drive
c)
telegraph
d)
Pioneer
22.
-new settler
a)
Homesteader
b)
cattle drive
c)
pioneer
23.
What did these indians eat?
a)
horse
b)
eagle
c)
buffalo
24.
What did the plains indians live in?
a)
igloo
b)
tepees
c)
long houses
25.
What was one of the present day states they lived in?
a)
kentucky
b)
california
c)
kansas
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