SS Chapter 6: Growth and Expansion Test

Choose the correct word from the boxes below to complete each sentence. A newcomer to a city might have to live in a crowded, unsafe ______________________.

• tenement

• homestead

• assimilate

• persecution

Choose the correct word from the boxes below to complete each sentence. Some immigrants came to the United States to escape ______________________.

• homestead

• assimilate

• persecution

• tenement

Choose the correct word from the boxes below to complete each sentence. A Farmer who started a(n) ______________________ on the Great Plains could get free land.

• homestead

• assimilate

• persecution

• tenement

Government officials wanted Native Americans to ______________________ into American life.

• assimilate

• isolate

• segregate

• preserve

What did the Dawes Act do?

• Forced Native Americans to become farmers.

• Offered free land to settlers who farmed the land for 5 years.

• Made it illegal for Native Americans to speak their language or practice their religion.

• Gave Native Americans land called reservations.

What was a result of the Homestead Act?

• A. African Americans faced prejudice in the South.

• B. Native Americans could practice their religion freely.

• C. The homesteaders adapted to life on the Plains.

• D. People moved west and settled in the Great Plains.

Challenges faced by the Homesteaders in the Great Plains.

Problem: Water was hard to get. Solution: _______.

• Water was hard to get.

• Plenty of water was available.

• Government provided water.

• New wells were constructed.

Challenges faced by the Homesteaders in the Great Plains.

Problem: Wheat from the eastern U.S. would not grow. Solution: _______.

• Wheat from the eastern U.S. would not grow.

• Introduce drought-resistant wheat varieties from Europe.

• Improve irrigation methods.

• Develop hybrid crop seeds.

Immigrants faced many challenges in the cities of the United States. Which choice below was NOT a challenge they faced?

• A. Tenements were unsafe.

• B. They worked long hours for very little pay.

• C. They had to dig wells deep in the ground and use windmills to get water.

• D. Some people feared them because they spoke a different language.

An organization of workers is called a ____________________.

• settlement house

• labor union

• reservation

• persecution