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US History Westward Expansion
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1
Farmers began to demand an increase of money supply throught the influx of silver. What law tried to meet those demands?
Bland-Allison Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Gold-Standard Act
2
Why did cattle drives boom during the late 1800s?
end of restrictive labor laws
westward expansion of Railroads
Invention of Barbed Wire
Invention of the telegraph
3
What were Windmills mostly used for on the Great Plains?
Gold mining
Grinding corn
Pump Water
Electricity
4
The population growth post-civil war in the American West was made possible by
Telephone
Steamboats
Railroads
Telegraph
5
Which group primarily helped the construction of the RR going East from California?
African Americans
Irish
Chinese
Apache
6
Which of these four events had the greatest impact on the US fulfilling its Manifest Destiny?
The publishing of Uncle Toms Cabin
The California Gold Rush of 1849
Dred Scott v Sandford case
Passage of the Northwest ordinance
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Westward expansion following the Civil War often resulted in conflict between ___________
Federal Government and Native Americans
Democrats and Republicans
Free and slave states
Northern and Southern States
8
The populist party wanted the increase of ____________________
textile workers
Industrial workers
immigrant workers
Agricultural Workers
9
What platform did Willaim McKinkey win the election of 1896?
All of these
Increased Industrialization
Gold-standard
Higher wages
10
Which of these is the best defintion of the word "frontier?"
Nations Capital
Where people live
Land that has not been explored
land along the coastline
11
"Some historians describe westward expansion as a series of military conquests,treaties,purchases." Who's this about?
Immigrants
Fur Traders
Native Americans
Colonial Settlers
12
The Chisholm Trail and Goodnight Loving Trail were two what?
Railroads that stretched westward
Two passes through the Sierra Nevada
Cattle Trails leaving Texas
Patterns on migrating Bison
13
What would be the title of the picture?
Divine Right
Exodus
Manifest Destiny
Expansion through peace
14
What was the greatest barrier to the west?
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Plains
The Mississippi River
The Native Americans
15
Who was responsible for the massacre of Lakota Sioux at the Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)?
Seminole Native Americans
US Calvary
Transcontinental Railroad Workers
The French
16
Who won the election of 1896?
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
17
The main idea behind the settling of the western land of USA was Manifest Destiny.
False
True
18
What was the most significant obstacle in building the Transcontinental RailRoad?
Crossing the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains
Laying down track in the Great Plains
Crossing the Sierra Nevada and Appalachian Mountains
Fighting off the Natives
19
How many acres of land was given through the Homestead Act?
50
200
160
120
20
Was there large amounts of land available in the great plains?
Yes
No
21
Which of these took place in Promontory, Utah?
Massacre of Souix Indians
Completion of the Transcontinental RailRoad
Discovery of largest gold nugget in 1800s
Promontory Treaty of 1878
22
Which organization would have developed as a result of the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Free Soilers
Abolitionists
The Grange
Populists
23
Which development replaced the wagon trails as the quickest way to settle the west after the civil war?
Steamboats
The Pony Express
The Transcontinental Railroad
Interstate Highways
24
What can be said about the Westward Expansion?
It wasnt possible without the supervisoin of the federal government
Many groups faced challenges and dealt with conflict
It was a peaceful and smooth process
All groups worked together for the establishment of the West & went smooth
25
Which legislation is the poster most closely related to?
Volstead Act
Pendleton Act
Hatch Act
Dawes Act
