WorksheetsUnit 1.11 Changing and Growing Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was an advantage of farming on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?
The region was close to large cities, markets, and ports on the East Coast.
There was plenty of inexpensive land available for homesteaders.
Plenty of rainfall made it easy to grow a variety of crops.
Native Americans could be hired as cheap farm labor.
Which statement describes one reason for the end of long cattle drives?
American ranchers faced competition from European cattle ranchers.
Cowboys, fed up with the hard life, moved to cities.
The increased use of barbed wire fencing blocked cattle drives.
Cattle trails and cow towns were too far from major cities in the East.
Which new technology of the 1800s had the greatest impact on cattle ranchers on the Great Plains?
McCormick reaper
refrigerated rail cars
steam-powered riverboats
telegraph lines
Which statement about cowboy life is true?
Almost all cowboys were veterans of the Civil War from the North.
Cowboys drove their own cattle herds across the Great Plains and became rich.
Cattle drives provided cowboys a reliable source of year-round income.
Cowboys included whites, African-Americans, and Hispanics.
Which groups provided most of the labor for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Native Americans and Texans
Factory workers and homesteaders
Freemasons and Union veterans
Immigrants and African Americans
Which were results of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Choose all answers that are correct.
The railroad made the Plains Indians wealthy because they owned the land it crossed.
The railroad cut travel time between the East and West Coasts of the United States by many weeks.
The railroad led to the creation of uniform time zones in order to make scheduling trains easier.
The railroad allowed the Great Plains to become the most densely populated region of the country.
Which were major causes of conflict between Native Americans and white settlers in the 1800s?
Choose all answers that are correct.
Gold miners, farmers, and cattle ranchers laid claim to Native American lands.
White politicians ignored the concerns of Native American voters in their districts.
The U.S. government violated many of the treaties it had negotiated with Native American tribes.
Native Americans were dissatisfied with their share of profits from the transcontinental railroad.
Which Native American tribe of the Northwest attempted to reach Canada while fighting the U.S. Army?
Sioux
Cheyenne
Nez Perce
Crow
Which Native American leader spoke out for and tried to protect the Nez Perce?
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Why do people study history?
Choose all answers that are correct.
It helps us understand different peoples and nations.
It demonstrates how people will live in the future.
It helps us avoid repeating past mistakes.
It explains why our culture is superior to others.
Which was a legal means that the builders of the transcontinental railroad used to cut costs and finance railroad construction?
receiving government aid
giving building contracts to themselves
forcing Native Americans to pay the workers
allowing poor and unsafe workmanship
allowing poor and unsafe workmanship
Which statement accurately describes the Homestead Act of 1862?
It confined Native American tribes to reservations.
It authorized construction of a transcontinental railroad.
It annexed territory from Mexico and gave it to U.S. citizens.
It sold public land at a low price to people willing to farm it.
Which was not a reason that people moved west in the late 1800s?
availability of jobs for cowboys and ranchers
opportunities in western mines
the promise of an easy life
the chance to own their own land
Which term refers to a large grassland that provides habitat for wildflowers, wolves, rabbits, elk, deer, bears, bison, and other plants and animals?
desert
prairie
swamp
tundra
