USII 2 Geography And Westward Expansion Question Preview (ID: 53586)


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Which area was the site of the textile industry after 1865?
a) Pittsburgh
b) Detroit
c) New England
d) Chicago

What development changed people’s perception of the Great Plains?
a) Availability of land in the eastern areas
b) New Technologies
c) Removal of Native Americans
d) Transportation barriers

Which industry contributed to the growth of Chicago?
a) Steel
b) Meatpacking
c) Cotton
d) Automobile

What is the name of the battle which marked the end of wars between Native Americans and the U.S. Army, due to the tragic numbers of Native Americans killed?
a) Battle of Little Big Horn
b) The Alamo
c) The Battle at Fort Laramie
d) Battle of Wounded Knee

What law was made in order to assimilate Native Americans into white society, by forcing them to live on small plots of land?
a) Civil Rights Act
b) Dawes Act
c) Battle of Little Big Horn
d) Boarding Schools

Possibility of obtaining WHAT is a reason for the increase in westward expansion
a) Jobs
b) New friends
c) Citizenship
d) Wealth

I am a city. I am located in the state of Texas, and I am located in the Southwest Region. What city am I?
a) Salt Lake City
b) San Antonio
c) Iowa
d) Los Angeles

Jonathan lives in the city of Denver in the Rocky Mountain Region, which state does he live in?
a) West Virginia
b) Boston
c) Colorado
d) Rhode Island

he steel industry is in which manufacturing area?
a) New England
b) Detroit
c) Pittsburgh
d) Chicago

What did advances in transportation do?
a) Linked resources, products, and markets
b) Made it harder for people to get around
c) Markets weren't getting their products
d) Products were not getting finished

Which is NOT a feature of the Great Plains?
a) Mountains
b) Flatlands
c) Low rainfall
d) Frequent dust storms

Which of the following are technological advances that helped people live in more challenging environments?
a) Steel plows
b) Windmills
c) Railroads
d) All of the above

Match the industry with the area it was clustered around Automobile
a) Pittsburg
b) Chicago
c) New England
d) Detroit

Which statement correctly describes the Great Plains?
a) The Great Plains were a treeless wasteland
b) The Great Plains lacked good farmland
c) The Great Plains were just desert areas
d) The Great Plains were a vast area to be settled

After 1865 manufacturing areas were clustered around ⎯
a) the Great Plains
b) centers of population
c) farms in the South
d) former Civil War battlefields

Identify the two states that form the noncontiguous region.
a) New York, Maine
b) Virginia, North Carolina
c) Texas, Arkansas
d) Alaska, Hawaii

What invention helped farmers fence their fields?
a) Railroads
b) Windmills
c) Barbed wire
d) Steel plows

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