allowed any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms (fought) against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
8/18-8/19 Unit 2.2 Vocabulary Combo

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Bret Sullivan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Homestead Act
agrarian movement
railroad tycoons
transcontinental railroad
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the total knowledge and skills available to any human society for industry, art, science, etc.
technological advancments
Homestead Act
railroad tycoons
Las Gorras Blancas/The Whitecaps
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set at intervals along it to dissuade animals from pushing through it, used to make fences
barbed wire
technological advancments
Homestead Act
Ghost Dance movement
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a track or set of tracks made of steel along which passenger and freight trains run
railroads
barbed wire
technological advancments
Homestead Act
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership
open range
railroads
barbed wire
technological advancments
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah at a place called Promontory Point.
trancontinental railroad
open range
railroads
barbed wire
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
provided federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States
Pacific Railway Act
trancontinental railroad
open range
railroads
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