1.17 Unit test Review

The strongest reason people wanted to move to the West in the 1800s?

• Free or cheap land

• Peace with Native Americans

• Protection from the military

• Easy to get all your stuff there

Answer explanation

The Homestead Act allowed people to buy land cheap!

Sometimes land was even given away.

This gave people opportunities that they would not have normally had.

What 2 discoveries made people want to move West in the 1800s?

• Copper and Gold

• Silver and Uranium

• Oil and Coal

• Lead and Tungsten

Answer explanation

Why did people leave their homes and everything they knew to move West in the 1800s?

• adventure

• economic opportunity: new and (seemingly) easy ways to make money

• to work for the railroad

• Patriotism: America asked them to

Answer explanation

Because land was cheap and even free, many people had a chance do something they would never be able to do in the East. Own land.

Also they could go West to find gold or other minerals like copper and Strike it rich.

There were opportunities for business in newly founded towns on the railroads.

People went for ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY!!

Why were western lands right for ranching and farming?

• fertilizer was cheap and easy to spread

• Large, expansive plains could support corps and animals

• most trees had been cleared by the railroads

Answer explanation

There were large amounts of land that livestock could roam and graze and farmers could plant.

What was one impact of the increased western population on the nation?

(What happened because so many people moved to the West?

• Food was imported because there was not enough land

• Territories were equal with the states

• Territories were given statehood like Colorado and The Dakotas

• The country became rich because more taxes.

Answer explanation

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set a population requirement of 60,000 free adult males for a territory to become a state.

As more and more people moved to the West, territories became states.

What did miners, cowboys, and railroad workers in the late 1800s have in common?

• All had previously lived in the East.

• All were very well paid for their work

• All hoped to move Native Americans to Canada.

• All faced danger and hardships.

Answer explanation

https://listverse.com/2023/02/03/ten-harsh-realities-of-common-jobs-in-the-old-west/

Which western development provided jobs and help create new markets across the nation?

• the discovery of coal

• the growth of Asian settlements

• building the transcontinental railroad

• building the transcontinental railroad

Answer explanation

The railroad provided jobs not only working for the railroad but in cities that popped up around the rail road.

By connecting the East with the West, goods and supplies could easily flow back and forth opening up ne markets.

Trans = Across

What happened to MOST Native Americans during western settlement?

• People bought their land for a fair price.

• They assimilated (or became like) the settlers.

• They became citizens and were paid for their land.

• They were forced off their land.

Answer explanation

https://currentpub.com/2014/06/18/new-interactive-map-shows-the-impact-of-american-westward-expansion-on-native-americans/

Most native Americans were forced from their lands.

What happened at the end of Little Bighorn?

• Sitting Bull and all of his men were killed.

• The battle was a standoff (a tie).

• Custer and all his men were killed.

• Sitting Bull and all of his men were killed.

Answer explanation

Custard and all his men died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM4eQBpfGIg

What did Chief Joseph do when the US tried to make Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho?

• He tried to lead his people to Canada.

• He offered to negotiate a settlement and was refused

• He offered to negotiate a settlement and was refused

• He offered to negotiate a settlement and was refused

Answer explanation