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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe first railroad to cross the United States was the....Union Pacific RailroadCentral Pacific RailroadMissouri RailroadTranscontinental Railroad
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow were the Chinese discriminated against?They were denied water and suppliesBlack Codes prevented their freedomsthey were objected to Jim Crow Lawsthey were paid less than other workers
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The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.Comstock LodeTranscontinental RailroadVigilantesChinese Exclusion Act - 5. Multiple ChoiceThis animal was greatly affected by the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.hogscowschickensbison (American buffalo)
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWorkers who built the railroads were mainlyhomesteaders and cowboysChinese and IrishRussian and IrishMexican and Chinese
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich group lost the most from the building of the railroads?SettlersWestern citizensThe governmentNative Americans
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich territory did we buy from France that doubled the size of our nation?TexasLouisianaOregonCalifornia
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich two men are famous for their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?Thomas Jefferson and James MadisonMeriwether Lewis and James MadisonWilliam Clark and Thomas JeffersonMeriwether Lewis and William Clark
- 10. Multiple ChoicePresident Andrew Jackson offered to pay for Native American land and give them more land west of the Mississippi River if they would leave. What was this process called?Americanization PolicyIndian Removal Act of 1830Westward ExpansionLand Trade
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is manifest destiny?The belief that it is our God given right to claim all land in the westa religious revival
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhere were Native Americans forced to relocate?StatesTownsReservationsCamps
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho led the Lakota at the Battle of Little Bighorn?Crazy HorseSitting BullChief JosephGeronimo
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAssimilation means...To bring togethersocial process of absorbing one cultural into anotherforce-able removal of a culturalthe destruction of ones culture
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho was the 7th U.S. cavalry commander who was killed at Little Bighorn?GeronimoCrazy HorseGeorge CusterChief Joseph
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened at Custer's Last Stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn?Custer killed all of the Lakota Indians.Custer and Sitting Bull made an agreement that the Native Americans Could have their land.Custer was killed, along with his entire force.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe Plains Indians suffered from lost battles and broken treaties. Even worse for them, however, was ___________.the terrible winters of 1886 and 1887the terrible summers of 1886 and 1887the destruction of the buffalothe Ghost Dance
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