20 questions
Allowed farmers to keep cattle from nearby ranches off their fields and away from their crops.
steel plow
barbed wire
windmill
sod house
Allowed farmers to break up dry tough soil of the Great Plains.
sod house
windmill
steel plow
barbed wire
These were used throughout the Great Plains to pump water from the ground and to provide power.
windmills
sod house
steel plow
barbed wire
Which of these was NOT an adaptation that contributed to the settlement of the west?
dry farming
cattle ranching
sharecropping
wheat farming
Over hunting reduced the American Buffalo population from 30 million to __________ in a little over a decade.
85
850
8,500
85,000
City where both lines of the Transcontinental Railroad met to complete construction
Omaha, Nebraska
Sacramento,California
Promontory, Utah
The Transcontinental Railroad reduced the time it took to travel across the United States from 6 months to _______
6 weeks
6 days
3 weeks
3 days
Leader of the Nez Perce who fled to Canada to avoid life on a reservation before being captured.
“I will fight no more forever.”
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Which of the following was NOT part of the physical environment of the Great Plains?
land eroded by wind and water
forests
low rainfall
frequent dust storms
The Homestead Act was written to encourage people to
move to eastern cities
mine and raise cattle in the west
settle and farm western lands
avoid border conflicts with Mexico
Which of the following was NOT A MAJOR result of the Homestead Act?
increased conflict between settlers and Native Americans
increased westward migration
protection of the rights of Native Americans
opening up the frontier to farming and ranching
Many farmers built their homes from sod. What answer BEST describes sod?
branches and clay
iron and wood
grass and mud
curried buffalo hide
The building of the transcontinental railroad resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
protection of sacred Indian lands
farmers could get their crops to market
creation of time zone
ranchers could get their cattle to slaughter houses in the east
What was the MAIN reason the government wanted Native Americans on reservations
to keep them from starving
to take their land
to preserve the remaining buffalo
to teach them new skills
the battle that marked the defeat of General Custer and the U.S. Army
Little Big Horn
Sand Creek
Wounded Knee
Horseshoe Bend
One of the MAJOR factors contributing to the destruction of the way of life of the Plains Indians was the
movement of freed slaves to the west
industrialization of the major cities in the west
slaughter of the buffalo herds
discovery of gold and silver deposit
The killing of 200 men, women, and children that ended armed resistance in the west
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of the Sioux
Sand Creek Massacre
Apache leader who refused to go to live on a reservation, attacked settlers in Arizona and New Mexico and successfully evaded capture for 10 years
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Which of the following factors BEST explains the increase of population west of the Mississippi River after the Civil War?
improved methods of transportation
withdraw of the troops from the South
the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
development of factories in the South
Which of the following best describes the landscape of the Great Plains
relatively flat land and covered by prairie grasses
relatively flat land and covered by dense forest
mountainous land with many canyons
mountainous land with little vegetation