WorksheetsWeek 13 Studies Weekly
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who developed the self-governing windmill that helped pioneers irrigate their farms?
a)
Brigham Young
b)
Daniel Halladay
c)
Joseph Glidden
d)
Oliver Hudson Kelley
2.
What was the main reason that thousands of pioneers traveled west after the Civil War?
a)
adventure
b)
gold
c)
cheap land
d)
timber
3.
Which movement that fought for an eight-hour workday and an income tax later joined the Democratic Party?
a)
the Grange
b)
the Alliance
c)
the cattlemen
d)
the Populist Party
4.
Which of the following is not one of the natural regions of the West?
a)
the Basin and Range and Plateau Region
b)
the Appalachian Mountains
c)
the Great Plains
d)
The Rocky Mountains
5.
Because farmers needed to protect themselves from government control, Oliver Hudson Kelly helped them organize to organize the first group called _____.
a)
the Populist Party
b)
Westward Expansion
c)
the Grange
d)
the Democrats
6.
What invention kept cattle from roaming and stampeding into neighboring farmland, which destroyed crops?
a)
windmill
b)
a good dog
c)
branding iron
d)
barbed wire
7.
What do people call the dream of Americans settling all the land from the east coast to the west coast of the United States?
a)
manifest destiny
b)
continental divide
c)
the Populist Party
d)
the Grange
8.
Name 4 things homesteaders went west in search of ........... 1. gold, 2. silver, 3. timber, and ________
a)
hunting
b)
ship building
c)
farming
d)
skydiving
9.
What did the Populist Party want for the farmer?
1. free gold
2. 8 hour work day
3. income tax
4. ????
1. free gold
2. 8 hour work day
3. income tax
4. ????
a)
unsafe working conditions
b)
more child labor
c)
women in the work force.
d)
wanted a free election of senators and government ownership of railroads, telephones, and telegraphs.
10.
What was the purpose of farmers getting organized?
a)
Sunday dinner
b)
Large numbers of people are noticed
c)
They wanted to be able to get discounts when buying supplies
d)
They were going to move to the cities.
11.
What was farm income like during this time?
a)
made too much money
b)
weren't allowed to work
c)
made little money so income was low
d)
weren't too worried, they got by.
12.
What was the purpose of the U.S. Army during this period of westward expansion?
a)
to build forts
b)
to protect Native Americans
c)
to settle problems between American Indians and settlers
d)
to keep the Kings army from invading the states
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