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The West-Review #1
Test Description: This review comes from these Virginia SOLs: USII.2a, USII.2b, USII.4a, and USII.4b.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What form of shelter did settlers use because of the lack of trees on the Great Plains?
A
log cabin
B
teepee
C
sod house
D
mud house
2) Which two immigrant groups suffered discrimination during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
A
Chinese and Irish
B
Chinese and English
C
English and Polish
D
Irish and Polish
3) How did the dry climate of the west influence farmers?
A
Indians worked with western farmers to teach them new farming methods
B
special fertilizers were used to make farming in the dry climate possible
C
new techniques such as dry farming and windmills were used in farming
D
farmers were forced to leave the west and return east
4) Which best describes ONE of the reasons why American settlers went west?
A
better weather conditions on the Plains
B
a desire to be around more people and buildings
C
a new beginning for former enslaved African Americans
D
more deer to hunt and use for food
5) Before the Civil War, settlers perceived the Plains as a “treeless wasteland”. What caused them to change their perceptions?
A
the creation of the automobile and the rise of business and industry
B
the warring Native Americans and the killing of the buffalo
C
the building of the transcontinental railroad and steamships
D
new farming technology and the discovery that cattle could graze on the land
6) How did the invention of barbed wire and the steel plow influence the westward movement?
A
It allowed people to move to more challenging environments.
B
It allowed farmers to plant more crops.
C
It improved railroad construction.
D
It improved tobacco farming in Virginia.
7) Which of the following men fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
George Custer
C
Teddy Roosevelt
D
Chief Joseph
8) How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West?
A
It offered free land to those willing to farm it.
B
It promised protection from Native Americans.
C
It offered mines to gold prospectors.
D
It set up reservations for freed African Americans.
9) Why was the transcontinental railroad built?
A
to employ thousands of immigrants
B
to link northern and southern states
C
to prevent settlers from moving west
D
to link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
10) After the Civil War, “...advances in transportation linked resources, products, and markets.” This statement from the SOLs refers to what type of transportation?
A
ships
B
planes
C
trains
D
wagon
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