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Westward Expansion

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

Europe
The south
Asia
The west

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

Hayes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Bland-Allison Act
Dawes Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Which immigrant group was highly recruited to construct the transcontinental railroad in the West?

South Americans

Italians

Jews

Chinese

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Settlers were able to claim 160 acres in the Great Plains as a result of the

Homestead Act
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Dawes Act
Wounded Knee Treaty

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Which of the following was NOT a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Great economic opportunities for Native Americans

The creation of new towns and cities

The establishment of a national marketplace

Faster and more efficient means of transportation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What was the Long Drive?

The distance from someone's home to work
The migration of buffalo across the Plains 
When wagon traffic was heavy
The herding of cattle 1,000+ miles to meet the railroads 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________ is the attempt to make a group's culture/language resemble those of another, larger group.

Reservation

Prospecting

Assimilation

Osmosis

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