Chapter 7 Changes on the Plains

What invention brought an end to cattle drives used to transport herds to trains for shipping?

• railways

• barbed wire

• homesteads

• telegraph

Which 1862 Act of Congress provided 160 acres of western land to any citizen or intended

citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for 5 years?

• Dawes Act

• Wagner Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

When a plant or animal becomes ___________, it no longer exists.

• defunct

• preserved

• populated

• extinct

What was the name for the homes built of blocks of turf?

• cabin

• homestead

• sod houses

• hut

Who was the man who first sent messages across the continent using telegraph to send code?

• Samuel Morse

• George Armstrong Custer

• Benjamin Singleton

The moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center was called a ______.

• Shipment

• Graze

• Drive

• Round-Up

A _______ was a town where the rail line begins or ends; this was the place all cattle were

taken to board trains to market.

• boom town

• terminal

• railhead

• homestead

What is the term for the unfair treatment of a person based on an unfair, and often negative, opinion?

• prejudice

• segregation

• racism

• opinion

What was the name of the rail line that ran from the east coast to the west cross, crossing the entire continent?

• California Railway

• Transcontinental Railway

• Union Pacific Railway

• Western Railway

A long period of time without rain is called a _______.

• famine

• mudslide

• drought

• flood