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Social Studies Chapter 16 Review
Test Description: Social Studies Chapter 16 Review Games The Changing West
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who worked on the transcontinental railroad?
A
American
B
Cowboys
C
Chinese and Irish immigrants
D
English
2) What were the soddies?
A
homes made from concrete
B
homes made from brick
C
houses made from sod
D
homes made from wood
3) In what ways were the cowboys in the mid-1800s a diverse group?
A
They did not want to include anyone that was not White.
B
They consisted of Whites, African Americans, and Mexican Americans
C
They consisted of people from all over Canada and the United States.
D
They included many different breeds of horses.
4) How did the growth of the railroads change the cowboys' way of life?
A
It made the cattle industry less profitable.
B
It made the cowboy's way of life hard.
C
It made the cattle industry more profitable.
D
It did not change the cowboys' way of life.
5) How did the railroads affect Native Americans of the Great Plains?
A
The railroads did not affect Native Americans.
B
They brought people who wanted to protect the buffalo.
C
They brought people who would help the Native Americans keep their land.
D
They brought hunters who killed off the buffalo and settlers who took over hunting grounds.
6) In what ways did Native Americans resist the end of their way of life?
A
by fighting with settlers and soldiers
B
by bringing the settlers poisoned food and drinks
C
by deciding to live on reservations on their own
D
by trying to not fight with anyone including settlers and soldiers
7) What hardships did the homesteaders in the West face?
A
difficult farm land
B
unpredictable weather
C
prairie fires
D
all of the above
8) Which of the following is a long journey taken by cowboys to drive cattle from ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads?
A
reservation
B
cowtown
C
cattle drive
D
property rights
9) What was a territory set aside for Native Americans called?
A
reservation
B
property rights
C
Homestead Act
D
transcontinental railroad
10) What kind of rights are considered to be rights that allow you to own or use something, such as land, for gain, profit, or sale ?
A
deluxe rights
B
home rights
C
property rights
D
reservation rights
11) A railroad that crosses an entire continent is called a.......
A
transcontinental railroad
B
super railroad
C
long railroad
D
continental railroad
12) Which of the following was the act that gave 160 acres of land to men of 21 years of age, widows, or to heads of a family?
A
Treaty of 1896
B
reservation
C
Homestead Act
D
property rights
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