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- 1. Multiple Choice
_______________________ faced challenges such as bad weather, attacks from Native Americans, angry farmers, and deep rivers.
Cowboys on cattle drives
Homesteaders
Gold Miners
Sooners
- 2. Multiple Choice
A _____________________ was a person who claimed land in the Great Plains.
Cattle Driver
Homesteader
Exoduster
Transcontinental conductor
- 3. Multiple Choice
A long journey to guide animals from one place to another was called a ___________.
exoduster
transcontinental railroad
homestead ride
poverty
cattle drive
- 4. Multiple Choice
Identify the major challenge during the building of the Central Pacific Railroad.
crossing the Rio Grande
tunneling through mountains
going around the Grand Canyon
passing through flooded prairie lands
- 5. Multiple Choice
A __________________ is a system of transportation that goes from one side of the country to the other.
cattle drive
homestead
transcontinental railroad
exodust
- 6. Multiple Choice
People who journeyed to Kansas for freedom called themselves ________________.
Exodusters
Transcontinental Conductors
Homesteaders
Poverished
Cattle Drivers
- 7. Multiple Choice
______________ means having no money, being poor.
cattle drive
poverty
homesteader
Transcontinental Railroad
Exodust
- 8. Multiple Choice
___________________ grew as mineral deposits were discovered and people flocked to the West.
The Chisholm Trail
The frontier
Ghost Towns
Boomtowns
- 9. Multiple Choice
Deserted towns that were left after mineral deposits dried up and miners moved away were called
boomtowns
ghost towns
homesteads
prairies
- 10. Multiple Choice
________________________________ is the idea that Americans should rule from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Frontierism
Monopoly
Manifest Destiny
Patriotism
- 11. Multiple Choice
PUSH factors push people away from an area. Which of the following was NOT a "push factor" that pushed people away from where they were living and made them interested in moving out west?
political turmoil in Europe
inadequate schools for children
lack of opportunities
conflict and poverty
- 12. Multiple Choice
Pull factors DRAW people to an area. Which of the following was NOT a "pull factor" that pulled people toward the West?
wide open, unsettled land
big cities and factories
growth of mining
agricultural opportunities
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did the construction of the transcontinental railroad affect Native American lives and culture?
Native Americans were able to use the rail system to transport their goods.
The building of the railroad provided jobs for many Native Americans.
The railroad interrupted Native American tribal lands and hunting grounds.
Native American lands were saved and protected when the railroad was built.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a way that the physical landscape of the United States changed when the Transcontinental Railroad was built?
Workers tunneled through mountains to build the railroad.
Groups of lakes were dug by Native Americans to provide a source of water for settlers in the area.
Telegraph lines were built on the land along the rails.
Humans moved through and built houses and settlements near the railroads.
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