Unit 9 - Westward Settlement Question Preview (ID: 49828)


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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 contributed to the settlement of which United States region?
a) West
b) Northeast
c) South
d) Southeast

Which region of the United States was most directly affected by the passage of the Homestead Act?
a) Atlantic Coast
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Appalachian Mountains
d) Great Plains

The buffalo was the primary source of food, shelter, clothing and tools for Native Americans of the
a) Great Plains
b) Southeast
c) Eastern woodlands
d) Pacific Coast

The Pacific Railway Act (1862) is an example of
a) regional construction projects coordinated by southern and western states
b) military projects required to meet the needs of the defense industry
c) federally supported internal improvement projects linking the nation
d) transportation legislation designed to encourage foreign trade

Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal government to
a) provide land to minority groups
b) resolve conflicts with Native American Indians
c) encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River
d) support settlement of former plantation lands

In 1862, the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act were passed primarily to
a) develop the Midwest and western parts of the country
b) expand overseas markets to Asia and Europe
c) improve the lives of freed slaves
d) achieve Northern victory in the Civil War

Which government action from the 1800s resulted in significant migration within the United States?
a) Embargo Act (1807)
b) Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
c) Homestead Act (1862)
d) Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Which set of events in United States history is most closely associated with westward expansion?
a) issuing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913
b) passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869
c) passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Compromise of 1877
d) passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 and creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933

The major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to
a) promote cultural assimilation
b) train future leaders in tribal traditions
c) prepare children for life on the reservation
d) teach skills needed for working in factories

The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was primarily an attempt by the United States government to
a) encourage Native American Indians to give up their traditional cultures
b) limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
c) return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes
d) hire Native American Indians as military scouts

What is one result of the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
a) Free land was given to settlers
b) Factories relocated from the Northeast to the Great Plains
c) a national marked developed in the United States
d) Native Americans land claims were respected

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