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The Westward Expansion Enrichment Quiz

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Jesus Tagle
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 8 pts
To promote Westward Expansion and settle the Great Plains
To establish maximum shipping rates for farmers
To provide free land to Native Americans
To regulate the cattle industry
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 8 pts
Priya, Lily, and Henry are studying the history of the cattle industry boom. They learned about an invention by Glidden that had a significant impact. Can you recall what that invention was?
Barbed wire
Steel plow
Windmills
Reapers
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 8 pts
Arjun, Samuel, and Noah are playing a board game about the history of the United States. In the game, they drew a card asking, 'What was the main purpose of the Growth of the railroads in the West?'
To connect the continent and facilitate Westward Expansion
To promote immigration
To establish maximum shipping rates for farmers
To transport goods to the East coast
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 8 pts
Aria, Avery, and Arjun are farmers who recently harvested a bumper crop. What was the main problem they faced due to this overproduction?
Decrease in prices for their agricultural produce
Increase in prices for their agricultural produce
Decrease in demand for their agricultural produce
Increase in demand for their agricultural produce
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 7 pts
Emma, Rohan, and Maya are participating in a school play about the history of the United States. In one scene, they discuss the Dawes Act of 1877. According to the script, what was the main goal of this act?
To grant land allotments to individual Native Americans
To establish maximum shipping rates for farmers
To regulate the cattle industry
To promote assimilation of Native Americans into white society
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 8 pts
David, Harper, and Henry are members of a modern-day organization similar to the Patrons of Husbandry, also known as the Grange. What is the main focus of their organization?
To regulate the cattle industry
To promote immigration
To address the social isolation of farm life and fight against injustices
To establish maximum shipping rates for farmers
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 7 pts
What was the outcome of the 1892 presidential election for the Populist Party?
They caused a significant change in the political scene
They merged with the Democratic Party
They disbanded after their loss
They won the election
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