Westward Migration and Its Effects

What was one significant effect of the mechanization of agriculture?

• Increased reliance on human labor

• Doubling of corn and wheat production

• Decrease in crop prices

• Expansion of small farms

Which movement aimed to bring together isolated farmers for socialization and education?

• The Populist Movement

• The National Grange Movement

• The Farmers’ Alliance

• The Homestead Movement

What was the primary purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?

• To regulate the prices of crops

• To build the transcontinental railroad

• To provide free land to farmers

• To establish the Interstate Commerce Commission

Which act required railroad rates to be reasonable and just?

• The Homestead Act

• The Granger Laws

• The Commerce Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

What drove many individuals to migrate west during this period?

• The availability of manufactured goods

• The rise of small family farms

• The discovery of precious metals

• The establishment of large industrial farms

What was one outcome of the discovery of gold in the Pike's Peak region?

• Decrease in population

• Formation of diverse boomtowns

• Regulation of railroad prices

• Decline in agricultural production

What was one of the main causes for westward migration after the Civil War?

• The invention of the automobile

• The Homestead Act

• The establishment of national parks

• The end of the Civil War

What effect did barbed wire fencing have on cattle drives?

• It increased the number of cattle drives

• It ended the days of open cattle drives

• It allowed for more cattle to be transported

• It had no effect on cattle drives

Who was Fredrick Jackson Turner?

• A famous cowboy

• A historian who wrote about the frontier

• A U.S. Senator

• An Indian chief

What did Turner argue about the closing of the frontier?

• It was a positive development for America

• It would lead to class conflicts similar to those in Europe

• It had no significant impact on American society

• It would promote more westward expansion