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Chapter 23 Tensions In The West 2
Test Description: Heading West
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was discovered in California in 1848?
A
McDonalds
B
Gold
C
Copper
2) What negative impact did mining have on the west?
A
It damaged the land and displaced many Native Americans
B
People got jobs and lived in beautiful communities
C
It destroyed forests and animals became extinct
3) What positive impacts did mining have on the west?
A
All are positive impacts.
B
Many saw mining as a source of wealth and opportunity.
C
Mining opened up the West’s mountains and deserts to other settlers.
4) What was causing the extinction of the Buffalo?
A
Hunters were killing them for their hides and bones.
B
They lost their land to roam as the settlers moved west.
C
They were losing their food source.
5) What was the effect of the vanishing buffalo on the Native Americans of the Plains?
A
They lost their food source and had to move to reservations.
B
They made a boat and sailed to a different country.
C
They began to depend on birds as their main source of food.
6) What problem did the railroad solve for cattlemen?
A
They were able to create more farms.
B
They were able to transport their beef to the East.
C
The railroads brought water to their homes.
7) What was life like for a cowboy?
A
happy, go-lucky but over 20 hours per day
B
scary, high-paying and short work days
C
dangerous, low-paying, with 17 hours days
8) What did mapmakers originally call the Great Plains?
A
The Great American Desert
B
The Great American Swamp
C
The Great Forest
9) What did some people say followed the rails west?
A
Tornados
B
Rain
C
Buffalo
10) What actually did follow the rails west?
A
Buffalo
B
Settlers
C
Gold
11) What were some of the problems faced by homesteaders?
A
High taxes
B
All were problems.
C
Unreliable rain, locusts, few trees
12) How did the homesteaders solve the problem of few trees?
A
They planted more trees.
B
They built their houses out of chunks of sod.
C
They used metals instead of wood.
13) How did the homesteaders solve the problem of unreliable rain?
A
They planted crops that required little to no water.
B
They used windmills to pump water from deep in the ground.
C
They couldn’t solve the water problem and so they died.
14) Why did wars rage across the West?
A
Native Americans were trying to save their homelands.
B
Settlers were fighting each other for gold.
C
The French and the Spanish were fighting for land.
15) What were the Native Americans promised in return for their land?
A
They were promised food, farm tools, and schools.
B
They were promised their own land back.
C
All were promised to them.
16) What was the most famous battle in the long struggle between the settlers and Native Americans?
A
The Battle of Gettysburg.
B
The Battle of Lexington.
C
The Battle of the Little Big Horn or Custer’s Last Stand.
17) What was the result of the Battle of Little Big Horn on the Sioux and Cheyenne?
A
The Sioux and Cheyenne began a war against each other.
B
The Sioux and Cheyenne were able to live where and how they wanted.
C
The army tracked them down and forced them onto reservations.
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