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Module 11
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1
The National Grange & the Populist Party were created in support of Farmers?
True
False
2
People took the Oregon Trail for fertile land?
True
False
3
The US government "Americanized" Native American Children by...
allowing them to speak their own language
promoting their education in traditional customs
Making them give up their traditional customs
selling their land
4
Backing paper currency with silver was due to the National Grange?
True
False
5
Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the growth of the U.S.?
It extended borders to the Pacific Ocean
It was not important
It doubled the size of the US
It tripled the size of the US
6
Which is the last major incident between the US Army & Native Americans on the great Plains?
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Long Walk
Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
7
Congress passed laws supporting the building of the transcontinental railroad?
True
False
8
The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast early 1800's
Zebulon Pike
Santa Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
9
The Union Pacific RR crossed the Great Plains?
False
True
10
Produced over $500 million worth of gold & silver
Comstock Lode
cattle kindgom
frontier
pony express
11
The "long walk" forced Navajo captives to a reservation?
True
False
12
In what year did Jefferson purchase the Louisiana Territory?
1802
1804
1803
1801
13
The Russians settled on the Great Plains during the late 1800's?
False
True
14
Chinese immigrants worked the Central Pacific Railroad?
True
False
15
Which law helped promote western settlement after the Civil War?
Homestead Act
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Interstate Commerce Law
Dawes General Allotment Act
16
The Plains Indians depended on which animal(s) for survival?
longhorn
buffalo & horses
beavers
prairie dog
17
In The Battle of Little Bighorn, who was the commander that lost to the Sioux?
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
George Armstrong Custer
18
Government ownership of telegraphs, telephones & railroads was due to the
Gold rush
National Grange
Populist Party
Free silver movement
19
People took the Santa Fe Trail west for...
Religious Freedom
to sight see
Trade
Fertile Land
20
Which two groups settled the Great Plains during the late 1800's?
British & Irish
Germans & Exodusters
Spanish & Russians
Carpetbaggers & Russians
21
Guide who was first to lead settlers beyond the Appalachians; cut a road west?
Daniel Boone
Brigham Young
Sacagawea
Lewis & Clark
22
The Cattle Kindgom was important to the population in the east because it
employed many people
encouraged migration from the South
provided food
it allowed for settlement on the Great Plains
23
Assimilate means the natives were made to adopt the "ways of the white man"?
False
True
