Tensions in the West

Front

Which group would disagree with this statement: Owning a plot of land provides a sense of freedom? Options: Texas ranchers, European settlers, U.S. government, American Indians

Back

American Indians

Front

All of these were an effect of the Homestead Act EXCEPT: an increase in U.S. farms, an increase in railway lines, a decrease in settlers moving west, a decrease in American Indian land.

Back

a decrease in settlers moving west

Front

Which of these contributed to the flood of new settlers in the West?
Options:
wars in Europe,
jobs in factories,
growth of railroads,
fear of American Indians

Back

growth of railroads

Front

How did the U.S. government entice railroad companies to take on the transcontinental railroad project?

Back

by offering land and subsidies

Front

Which group was most responsible for the completion of the transcontinental railroad project? Options: Great Plains homesteaders, Chinese immigrants, California miners, U.S. military

Back

Chinese immigrants

Front

Which group was negatively affected by the transcontinental railroad?

Back

Plains Indians

Front

How did mining change the West?

Back

by opening up areas to new settlement

Front

What caused the Plains people to finally move to reservations?

Back

extermination of the buffalo

Front

Which of these describes the "long drive"? Options: the movement of cattle to railroad lines, the path leading the Nez Perce to Canada, the action of nailing spikes into railway ties, the path followed by the buffalo hunters on the Great plains

Back

the movement of cattle to railroad lines

Front

Which of the following was typically the last step in this process: gold discovered, mining camps, boomtowns, _____

Back

ghost towns