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What happened when horses arrived in the Northwest in the 1700s?
a) The Nez Perce became expert riders and developed their own breed - Appaloosa.
b) People started fighting over who owned the horses.
c) The ranchers had to figure out how to contain all of them.
d)

What was the initial relationship between the Nez Perce and the settlers?
a) Friendly
b) Hostile
c) Neutral
d)

What did the US government offer Chief Joseph?
a) Give up your land peacefully or our army will take it from you.
b) Free passage to Canada.
c) All of their land back.
d)

What happened after the Nez Perce fought the settlers?
a) They fled to Canada, but didn’t make it.
b) They defeated them easily and took their land back.
c) They were defeated and died out.
d)

What did Chief Joseph die of?
a) A broken heart.
b) Old age
c) Measles
d)

What 2 acts stirred new interest in the West?
a) The Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroad Act.
b) The Chinese Railroad Act and the Homestead Act.
c) The Settlers Act and the I’ve been working on the Railroad Act.
d)

What is a Homesteader?
a) A farmer who is given a plot of public land in return for cultivating it.
b) A businessman who made good deals with other businesses.
c) A chef who made food for all of the wounded soldiers from the war.
d)

What was the impact of the Homestead Act?
a) The number of farms in the US tripled.
b) The number of farms decreased.
c) The size of families doubled.
d)

What did the Pacific Railroad Act call for?
a) The building of a transcontinental railroad to link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
b) The building of a pathway for herders to take across the country.
c) The building of a railroad that connected to major throughways.
d)

How did railroads help settle the west?
a) Both are ways the railroads helped to settle the west.
b) It opened the west up to farmers, ranchers and prospectors.
c) It opened up the west to people looking for a new start.
d)

Where did the Union Pacific start?
a) Nebraska, and headed west
b) Maine, and headed west
c) Canada, and headed south
d)

Where did the Central Pacific start?
a) California, and headed east
b) New York, and headed east
c) Florida, and headed north
d)

What did the Native Americans Plains do when the railroad invaded their homeland?
a) Both are correct
b) attacked the work crews
c) destroyed supply trains
d)

Why did the Central Pacific hire Chinese workers?
a) Both are correct.
b) Many of their previous workers left in search of silver.
c) They could do as much work in a day as any other crew.
d)

What happened to the Chinese workers after the railroad was completed?
a) Most stayed on in America, to build new farms and businesses across the West.
b) Most returned to China to their family and friends.
c) Most went on unemployment.
d)

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