Expansion and Imperialism Review

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What is the name of the geographic feature to the west of the Great Plains which made travel to the Pacific Coast difficult?

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the Rocky Mountains

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Which of these best describes the Great Plains? Options: many lakes surrounded by mountain ranges, rolling hills of rock and limestone, thick forests with heavy rainfall, flatlands that slowly rise from east to west

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flatlands that slowly rise from east to west

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What was the result in the 1870s of the increased settlement of the Great Plains?

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Buffalo herds were nearly wiped out by over-hunting.

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How did the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad impact the United States?

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It increased the number of people traveling to the West.

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How did the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad impact many Native American tribes?

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It destroyed natural resources used by Native American tribes.

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New technology included the cheap, effective fencing that prevented cattle from roaming. This invention was...

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...barbed wire.

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As Americans moved west throughout the 19th century, how were Native Americans affected?

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They were forced to move onto reservations.

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What effect would the shrinking buffalo population have on the Native Americans that depended on buffalo to survive?

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They had to move somewhere else to find food.

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In the late 1800s, the herds of bison were nearly gone from the plains. The Great Plains Indians had been put on reservations. The Indians had to...

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rely on the government for food, housing, and clothing.

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What physical feature is circled on the map? Options: Great Plains, Great Lakes, Continental Divide, Rocky Mountains

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Great Plains