WorksheetsS.S. Chapter 16 Test
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did people prefer the telegraph to the Pony Express?
a)
It lasted longer
b)
Messages were safer
c)
Fewer people were needed
d)
It was faster
2.
What did the transcontinental railroad do that the telegraph could not?
a)
carry messages across the country
b)
carry people and goods across the country
c)
allow communication
d)
use electric lines
3.
Why were people eager to build the transcontinental railroad.
a)
it would link the East and West
b)
It would carry goods to the East
c)
It was faster than the telegraph
d)
It was cheaper than horses
4.
WHat problem did Central Pacific workers face while building the railroad?
a)
There were too many people who wanted to work.
b)
They had to blast tunnels through the mountains.
c)
Native American villages were in the way
d)
The buffalo refused to move
5.
Which of the following best describes problems faced by the Union Pacific workers?
a)
They came in conflict with Native Americans
b)
The mountains were difficult to cross
c)
It was hard to get the buffalo to move out of the way
d)
The Lakota were poor workers
6.
How did the transcontinental railroad change life in the United States?
a)
People stopped settling new lands
b)
The Pony Express was no longer needed
c)
People and goods could travel across the country in just a few days
d)
People no longer traveled by stagecoach
7.
Why was the Homestead Act necessary?
a)
The government had too much land
b)
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains
c)
Native Americans on the plains wanted neighbors
d)
There were too many buffalo
8.
Which of the following does NOT describe the hardships of farming on the Great Plains?
a)
The sod had to be broken to prepare fields for crops.
b)
Shelters has to be built.
c)
There was a lot of wheat to cut.
d)
The weather could be harsh.
9.
Why did many Europeans move to the Great Plains?
a)
The land had run out at home
b)
They were fleeing from a war
c)
They wanted to sell the land later
d)
The promise of good land was attractice
10.
Why did the exodusters go to the Great Plains?
a)
The were making a journey to freedom
b)
They wanted to hunt buffalo
c)
They wanted to build a city
d)
The wanted to spread their religion
11.
Why did cattle drives begin?
a)
Ranchers began moving to the East
b)
There were too many cattle in Texas
c)
Ranchers wanted to get their cattle to the East
d)
Cowboys wanted to practice moving cattle
12.
Which of the following helped bring an end to cattle drives?
a)
Farmers in the East started to raise more cattle
b)
The cattle wouldn't eat the wheat grown on the Great Plains
c)
Cattle rustlers stole entire herds
d)
The railroad expanded to Texas
13.
Which of the following describes how farmers and ranchers changed the Great Plains?
a)
The land became difficult to farm
b)
Farmers and ranchers began fencing the land
c)
The area turned into a desert
d)
The area became an important buffalo preserve
14.
Which of the following is NOT a way the transcontinental railroad changed the Great Plains?
a)
Thousands of settlers move there
b)
Settlers began fencing the land
c)
Many Native Americans took jobs with the railroad
d)
The buffalo began to disappear
15.
How did many Native Americans react to changes in their homeland?
a)
They helped pioneers settle the land
b)
They chose to move away to new places.
c)
They were eager to change and grow
d)
They fought for their land and way of life
16.
What happened to both the Lakota and the Nez Perce' during the 1870s?
a)
Both became great friends of the U.S. government
b)
The U.S. government lost wars to both
c)
Both were forced to leave their homelands
d)
The U.S. government bought land from both
17.
What is one way Native Americans work to preserve their cultures today?
a)
Young people are learning the languages of their ancestors
b)
They raise buffalo
c)
They write books about the future of their tribes
d)
They are becoming lawyers and politicians
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