USII 2 Geography And Westward Expansion Question Preview (ID: 53586)
USII 1865- Present.
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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
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
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
Possibility of obtaining WHAT is a reason for the increase in westward expansion
a) Jobs
b) New friends
c) Citizenship
d) Wealth
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
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
Which industry contributed to the growth of Chicago?
a) Steel
b) Meatpacking
c) Cotton
d) Automobile
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
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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