
The Gilded Age: Sec 1-3 TEST - Section 1: Settling the West
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3rd Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who signed the Homestead Act into law in 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Homestead Act offer settlers?
160 acres of public land
Free cattle for ranching
Free travel by railroad
Gold mining rights
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What requirement did families have to meet under the Homestead Act?
Live on the land for 5 years and improve it
Serve in the U.S. military for 5 years
Pay all back taxes before moving
Build a railroad line across their property
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one major result of the Homestead Act?
It brought millions of settlers west
It slowed western settlement
It caused conflict between England and the U.S.
It ended cattle ranching in the Great Plains
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869?
Utah
Texas
California
Colorado
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who largely built the Transcontinental Railroad?
European and Asian immigrants
Native Americans
Southern plantation owners
U.S. soldiers
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the major transportation impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?
It reduced travel time across the U.S. from 6 months to about 1 week
It increased wagon travel
It made stagecoach lines more popular
It ended railroad use in the East
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