WorksheetsChapter18 Time Line vocab quest
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which event on the timeline is specifically linked with ruins shown in a photo and occurred in 1871? (Refer to the visual described.)
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Great Chicago Fire destroys most of city
Stanley and Livingstone meet in Africa
Suez Canal opens
Which president’s term includes the years 1869–1877 on the timeline?
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
In 1882, which U.S. action regarding immigration is shown on the timeline?
The Homestead Act expands settlement
Congress limits immigration with the Chinese Exclusion Act
Establishment of Ellis Island as an immigration station
Repeal of all immigration quotas
Which pair of events are both listed under world events in the 1880s–1890s?
Geronimo surrenders; Populist Party forms
Triple Alliance forms; Trans-Siberian railroad construction begins
Chinese Exclusion Act; Sierra Club organizes
Great Chicago Fire; Suez Canal opens
According to the timeline, what happened in the United States in 1886?
Geronimo surrenders to U.S. military; U.S. accepts Statue of Liberty from France
Populist Party forms; Sierra Club organizes
Congress passes the Homestead Act
First modern Olympics held in Athens
Which president appears twice with non-consecutive terms in the 1880s–1890s portion of the timeline?
Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
James Garfield
Reasoning with chronology: Place these presidents in the correct order of service based on the timeline from 1861 to 1881.
Abraham Lincoln → Andrew Johnson → Ulysses S. Grant → Rutherford B. Hayes → James Garfield
Andrew Johnson → Abraham Lincoln → Ulysses S. Grant → Rutherford B. Hayes → James Garfield
Abraham Lincoln → Ulysses S. Grant → Andrew Johnson → Rutherford B. Hayes → James Garfield
Abraham Lincoln → Andrew Johnson → Rutherford B. Hayes → Ulysses S. Grant → James Garfield
What is a cooperative?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
Who was the Sioux military leader that led army troops to a deadly ambush?
Leland Stanford
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Henry Comstock
What is currency?
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A name given to Great Plains farmers
Money
What is the Dawes Act?
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A name given to Great Plains farmers
What is dry farming?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
Who were the Exodusters?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
African Americans who moved from post-reconstruction South to Kansas
What does it mean to extract something?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
To remove
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
What is the Homestead Act?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
Who was Leland Stanford?
Governor of California, United States railroad executive, and founder of Stanford University
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A name given to Great Plains farmers
What is the Long Drive?
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
A name given to Great Plains farmers
The name for the moving of cattle across the plains to the railroad (1000 Miles)
What are longhorns?
A tough breed of cattle named for their prominent horns
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A name given to Great Plains farmers
What is the Morrill Act?
A group of people who pool their resources in order to buy and sell more efficiently
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A name given to Great Plains farmers
Gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
What does it mean to be nomadic?
A name given to Great Plains farmers
A law that broke up reservations and gave individuals plots of land to Native Americans
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
Moving from place to place with no permanent home
