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Tensions In The West
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1) Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, how long did it take to cross the American continent?
A
6 days
B
6 hours
C
6 months
D
6 years
2) What project was completed on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah?
A
The Statue of Liberty
B
The transcontinental railroad
C
Hoover Dam
D
Erie Canal
3) Thousands of workers from this country worked to build the transcontinental railroad.
A
China
B
Germany
C
Mexico
D
Italy
4) What law gave land away to settlers in the West?
A
Pacific Railway Act
B
Dawes Act
C
Homestead Act
D
Fugitive Slave Act
5) Which of the following was NOT a challenge faced by homesteaders on the Great Plains?
A
Overcrowded tenements
B
Lack of rainfall
C
Locusts
D
Tornadoes
6) What natural resources needed to build western towns was sometimes known as green gold?
A
oil
B
sod
C
trees
D
copper
7) What part of the buffalo were eastern hunters most interested in getting?
A
meat
B
hides
C
horns
D
bones
8) This group of people herded cattle to railroad towns (cow towns).
A
Railroad Workers
B
Miners
C
Homesteaders
D
Cowboys
9) Where did the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?
A
Utah
B
Minnesota
C
Nebraska
D
Kansas
10) Fast growing settlements that sprung up around mines were known as:
A
tenements
B
ghosttowns
C
slums
D
boomtowns
11) What did vigilantes do in western towns?
A
all of these
B
handed out quick justice
C
took the law into their own hands
D
formed because of the lack of law and order
12) What were American Indians promised if they agreed to move onto reservations?
A
millions of dollars
B
herds of buffalo to hunt
C
food, farm tools, schools
D
ownership of the Black Hills and other sacred places forever
13) What is the most famous and last major battle between Native Americans and the US Army?
A
Dakota War
B
Battle of Little Bighorn
C
Wounded Knee Massacre
D
Battle of Sand Creek
14) How did mining changed the West?
A
Established law and order
B
Established new settlements
C
Improved the environment
D
Ended conflicts with Native Americans
15) What did the U.S. government give to railroad companies to get them to take on the transcontinental railroad project?
A
free land
B
steel rails
C
food
D
money for workers' wages
16) What caused the Plains Indian people to finally move onto reservations?
A
near extinction of the buffalo
B
opportunity to own farmland
C
promises of cash
D
opportunities to learn to read and write
17) Which of the following best describes the long drive?
A
the trail followed by buffalo hunters
B
the action of nailing spikes into railroad tracks
C
the path leading American Indians to reservation
D
the movement of cattle to railroad lines
18) Which of the following was often used to build homes on the Great Plains?
A
adobe
B
wood
C
ice and snow
D
sod
19) What often happened after gold deposits ran out near boomtowns?
A
the boomtown became a ghost town
B
the environment healed itself
C
crime increased
D
a rush of settlers moved to town
20) This invention threatened the cowboys' way of life because it prevented them from driving cattle across the open range.
A
barbed wire
B
electrical power station
C
railroad tracks
D
telegraph lines
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