Unit 1 (6th Grade) IAVA First Semester

Question 1

Which statement best describes the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

drought, tornados, and insect swarms

Question 2

What was the popular cattle drive route in the years after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Chisholm Trail

Question 3

What was a challenge of farming on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

lack of rain and water above ground

Question 4

Which new technology of the 1800s had the greatest impact on farmers?

Accepted Answer

barbed wire

Question 5

Which were results of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

led to the creation of uniform time zones, cut travel time by many weeks

Question 6

Which term refers to a large grassland that provides habitat for wildflowers, and many animals?

Accepted Answer

prairie

Question 7

Which were major causes of conflict between Native Americans and white settlers in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

slaughter of buffalo herds, issue of who owned and controlled the land

Question 8

Which was a legal means that the builders of the transcontinental railroad used?

Accepted Answer

sold stock in their companies to the public., receiving government aid, paid low wages to immigrant workers.

Question 9

Which does not describe a reason people moved west in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

the promise of an easy life, fewer dangers in the West

Question 10

Which was a result of the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

Accepted Answer

Custer's cavalry was wiped out by Native American warriors

Question 11

Which Native American leader spoke out for and tried to protect the Nez Perce?

Accepted Answer

Chief Joseph

Question 12

Why do people study history?

Accepted Answer

helps us understand different peoples., helps us avoid repeating past mistakes.

Question 13

Which statement best describes cowboys?

Accepted Answer

included many different racial and ethnic groups, included whites, African-Americans, and Hispanics

Question 14

Which new technology of the 1800s had the greatest impact on cattle ranchers?

Accepted Answer

refrigerated rail cars

Question 15

Which was a benefit of farming on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

lots of inexpensive land

Question 16

Which were results of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

railroad opened new markets, helped unite the country

Question 17

Which were major causes of conflict between Native Americans and white settlers in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

U.S. government violated many of the treaties, Settlers laid claim to Native American land

Question 18

Which bill passed by Congress in 1862 gave 160 acres of public land to anyone willing to settle it?

Accepted Answer

Homestead Act

Question 19

Which Native American tribe attempted to reach Canada while fighting the U.S. Army?

Accepted Answer

Nez Perce

Question 20

Which groups provided most of the labor for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Accepted Answer

Immigrants and African Americans

Question 21

The builders of the transcontinental railroad faced what challenge?

Accepted Answer

crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains

Question 22

Why do people study history?

Accepted Answer

teaches us to learn from the past., tells us who we are

Question 23

What is one reason for the end of long cattle drives?

Accepted Answer

increased use of barbed wire fencing, new railroad lines, homesteaders moved along cattle trails

Question 24

Why do people study history?

Accepted Answer

promotes understanding of other cultures., tells true stories of heroes and villains

Unit 1 (6th Grade) IAVA First Semester

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Unit 1 (6th Grade) IAVA First Semester

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