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Which of the following is a long journey taken by cowboys to drive cattle from ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads?
a) cowtown
b) property rights
c) reservation
d) cattle drive

What hardships did the homesteaders in the West face?
a) unpredictable weather
b) prairie fires
c) difficult farm land
d) all of the above

In what ways did Native Americans resist the end of their way of life?
a) by deciding to live on reservations on their own
b) by trying to not fight with anyone including settlers and soldiers
c) by fighting with settlers and soldiers
d) by bringing the settlers poisoned food and drinks

How did the railroads affect Native Americans of the Great Plains?
a) They brought hunters who killed off the buffalo and settlers who took over hunting grounds.
b) The railroads did not affect Native Americans.
c) They brought people who would help the Native Americans keep their land.
d) They brought people who wanted to protect the buffalo.

How did the growth of the railroads change the cowboys' way of life?
a) It made the cattle industry less profitable.
b) It made the cowboy's way of life hard.
c) It did not change the cowboys' way of life.
d) It made the cattle industry more profitable.

In what ways were the cowboys in the mid-1800s a diverse group?
a) They did not want to include anyone that was not White.
b) They consisted of Whites, African Americans, and Mexican Americans
c) They included many different breeds of horses.
d) They consisted of people from all over Canada and the United States.

What were the soddies?
a) homes made from brick
b) homes made from wood
c) houses made from sod
d) homes made from concrete

Who worked on the transcontinental railroad?
a) Chinese and Irish immigrants
b) English
c) American
d) Cowboys

What was a territory set aside for Native Americans called?
a) reservation
b) Homestead Act
c) transcontinental railroad
d) property rights

What kind of rights are considered to be rights that allow you to own or use something, such as land, for gain, profit, or sale ?
a) deluxe rights
b) property rights
c) home rights
d) reservation rights

A railroad that crosses an entire continent is called a.......
a) super railroad
b) continental railroad
c) transcontinental railroad
d) long railroad

Which of the following was the act that gave 160 acres of land to men of 21 years of age, widows, or to heads of a family?
a) reservation
b) Homestead Act
c) Treaty of 1896
d) property rights

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