The main reason that settlers on the plains built sod houses is that

There were few trees from which to build wooden houses

Through the Homestead Act of 1862, free land was available to

United States citizens and immigrants

Ranchers drove their cattle from TX to Abilene, KS because

cattle could be shipped by railroad to markets in the East

The number of people or population.

Three inventions that helped people farm the plains were

Barbed wire, the steel plow, and dry farming methods

Which of the following is Not a reason for the settling of the Great Plains?

War between sheep herders and cattle raisers

Which of the following is Not a reason for the end of the great age of the cowboy?

People in the East began to raise their own cattle

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Westward Expansion after the Civil War-Core Knowledge

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1
The main reason that settlers on the plains built sod houses is that
They were warm in the winter
They were attractive
There were few trees from which to build wooden houses
They were cooler in the summer
2
Through the Homestead Act of 1862, free land was available to
United States citizens and immigrants
Poor people only
Native American Tribes
United States citizens only
3
Ranchers drove their cattle from TX to Abilene, KS because
The cattle were safer there, away from thieves
There was better grass for the animals there
The people of Abilene didn't raise cattle for themselves
cattle could be shipped by railroad to markets in the East
4
The harsh "vigilante justice,"/frontier justice of mining camps developed because there were no
Mayors
Churches
Police
Schools
5
Who helped build the first transcontinental railroad?
settlers
cowboys
miners
immigrants
6
A census measures
The number of people or population.
A number and value of minerals.
the amount of company profits.
The size of acreage.
7
The man remembered for the advice, "go west, young man, and grow up with the country," is
William Seward
Horace Greeley
Jesse James
Billy the Kid
8
Three inventions that helped people farm the plains were
dry farming methods, wooden plows & wooden fences
dry farming methods, wooden plows & railroads
Barbed wire, the steel plow, and wooden fences
Barbed wire, the steel plow, and dry farming methods
9
Two well-known outlaws of the West were
Annie Oakley and Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill Cody
Jesse James and Billy the Kid
Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley.
10
Who was the most likely to become rich on the mining frontier?
The owner of a hotel
An individual miner
The owner of a store
A mining company
11
Which of the following is Not a reason for the settling of the Great Plains?
Free land through the Homestead Act of 1862
A temporary increase in rainfall
Cheap land offered by the railroads
War between sheep herders and cattle raisers
12
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all forms of
Precipitation
Precision
Preparation
Presentation
13
On the long drive, Cowboys worried most about the danger of
Thieves
Diseases
Floods
Stampedes
14
What was Seward's Folly?
the closing of the frontier
the passage of the Homestead Act
The construction of the transcontinental railroad
The purchase of Alaska
15
Probably the worst disaster for plains farmers was
Construction of railroads
Very wet summers
bitterly cold winters
swarming grasshoppers
16
Which of the following is Not a reason for the end of the great age of the cowboy?
Ranchers moved north, where they were closer to railroads
Farmers moved in and took up much of the land
After harsh winters & hot summers ranchers penned cattle
People in the East began to raise their own cattle

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