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Western Expansion
Test Description: USII.2a 4a
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Before the Civil War, the Great Plains was seen as a ______.
A
Treeless wasteland
B
Rich Environment
C
Capitol City
D
Concrete Jungle
2) All of the following are characteristics of the Great Plains EXCEPT:
A
Land eroded by wind and rain
B
Tall Mountains
C
Low Rainfall
D
Frequent Dust storms
3) Which of the following is NOT an adaptation that helped settlers on the Great Plains?
A
Dry Farming
B
Beef Cattle Raising
C
Sod Houses
D
Corn
4) Which law directly impacted the lifestyle of American Indians by encouraging many white settlers to move west?
A
Great Plains Law
B
Indian Removal Act
C
Homestead Act
D
Settlement Act
5) Who led the U.S. troops at the Battle of Little Bighorn and lost his life along with hundreds of other troops?
A
George Armstrong Custer
B
Ulysses S. Grant
C
Sitting Bull
D
Robert E. Lee
6) American Indians were forced to relocate from their traditional homelands onto -
A
Mexican own lands
B
Federal Reservations
C
Military Bases
D
Cities
7) Which of the following was not a reason for Westward Expansion?
A
Homestead Act
B
Transcontinental Railroad
C
Discovery of Diamonds and Emeralds
D
New Beginning for former slaves
8) What provided a link between the eastern and western states?
A
Airplanes
B
Homestead Act
C
Transcontinental Railroad
D
Highway System
9) Who was the chief of the Nez Perce?
A
Crazy Horse
B
Sitting Bull
C
Black Horse
D
Chief Joseph
10) What was the name given to African Americans who went west looking for a new beginning and n escape from violence in the South?
A
Exodusters
B
Reservationists
C
Assimilators
D
Black Settlers
11) Which event involved the massacre of hundreds of Lakota and marked the end of the Indian Wars?
A
Wounded Knee
B
Cloyd's Mountain
C
Flight of the Nez Perce
D
Little Bighorn
12) Which of the following was NOT an invention that helped settle the Great Plains?
A
Windmill
B
Electrical Light
C
Steel Plow
D
Barbed Wire
13) Which crop helped settle the Great Plains?
A
Corn
B
Wheat
C
Barley
D
Squash
14) Which battle involved Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse that showed the American Indians resistance to western expansion?
A
Wounded Knee
B
Cherokee War
C
Little Bighorn
D
Nez Perce
15) This invention helped settle the Great Plains because it could dig the dry, tough soil.
A
Garden Rake
B
Railroad
C
Steel Plow
D
Sod Buster
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