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What was the nickname of the West that discouraged settlers from moving out West?
Great American Desert
Mexican America
Wild Chinese
Native American
What is this image an example of?
Grooming
Assimilation
Reservation Hair Cut
Military
The red and blue line show the completed what and where did it end?
Oregon Trail
Transcontinental Railroad
Colorado
Utah
Of the following, which impacted the settling of the West?
Cowboys
Frenchmen
Miners
Homesteaders
What type of colleges were created as a result of the Morrill Act?
Community
Ivy League
Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M)
Vocational
Name 2 ways that Railroad Companies were compensated.
Tools
Land grants
College degrees
Money
Where was the first gold discovered in California?
San Francisco
Sutter's Mill
Pikes Peak
Las Vegas
What dance is shown in this image?
Buffalo
Ghost
Zombie
Horse
What are 2 things the Ghost dance was suppose to do for the Indians?
Return the buffalo
Bring the ancestors back to life
Bring natural disasters
Blow up the railroads
What was the name of the public domain where cattle could openly graze?
Open range
Cattle trail
Oregon Trail
Mountain land
What was the name of the act that sent Indians to the reservation and how much land did it give them?
160 acres
300 acres
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
The decline of which animal changed the life of the Native Americans?
Horse
Buffalo
Cattle
Whale
Name a city in Colorado and a city in California that started out as mining towns.
Denver
Colorado Springs
San Francisco
Malibu
Which US General was slaughtered at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Lincoln
Grant
Custer
Washington
Which cattle trail is depicted in this image?
Route 66
Oregon
Chisholm
Benton Rd.
What ended with the Great Die-Up of 1886?
Transcontinental Railroad
Cattle Kingdom
Oregon Trail
Buffalo Hunting
How much acreage did the Homestead Act give settlers?
30 acres
60 acres
145 acres
160 acres
Single greatest factor in the settling of the West was the ______________.
Railroad
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Morrill Act
What group of people would have responded to this advertisement?
Homesteaders
Native Americans
Exodusters
Chinese Immigrants
Name 3 things that made building railroads difficult.
Terrain
Weather
Yellow fever
Tools
What political party was William Jennings Bryan a part of?
Populist
Republican
Democrat
Greenback
What Indian school is shown in this image?
Relocation
Reservation
Benton
Carlisle
What did Congress pass that would cause this saying?
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Dawes Act
What belief is being depicted in this image?
Manifest Destiny
Homestead Act
Go West Young Man
Dawes Act
Under the bimetallic standard, what two metals backed money?
Copper
Gold
Silver
Iron ore
What group was formed to help farmers fight the railroad company and their unfair practices?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Congress
Grange
What did Congress pass to help regulate the railroad industry?
Interstate Commerce Act
Homestead Act
Transcontinental Railroad Act
Dawes Act
The introduction of which animal impacted the way of life for the Indians?
Buffalo
Horse
Turkey
Mule
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