Chapter 11 quiz-let test march 6

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During the building of the two parts of the transcontinental railroad, two ethnic groups made up the majority of workers the ________, who worked on the central pacific, were paid less, and performed the most dangerous tasks; and the ______, who worked on the Union Pacific crossing the Great Plains.

Chinese for blank 1 Irish for blank 2

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The _____ Trail was one of the most popular routes for cattle drives.

Chisholm

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. ___ Led the 7th Calvary in the Battle of Little Bighorn

George Custer

Which of these groups settled on the Great Plains during the late 1800s? Choose the FOUR correct answers

Germans Exodusters Russians Scandinavians

Which of these laws helped promote western settlement following the Civil War?

Homestead act

Why was the Cattle Kingdom important for the rest of the United States?

It provided an important source of employment for thousands of people in the West.

Why were the Louisiana Purchase important to the growth of the United States?

It roughly doubled the size of the country

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. In 1803 Congress approved the __, which added former French territory in the West to the US.

LA Purchase

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were known as __

mormons

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. ____ were fur traders and trappers who lived west of the rocky mountains and in the pacific northwerst

mountain men

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. Formed in 1867, the ____ was a social and educational organization for farmers.

national grange

Santa Fe trial

trade

What year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

1803

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The ___ Trail, which ran from Missouri to New Mexico, was an important route for trade between American and Mexican merchants.

Santa Fe

During the late 1800s, two reformers critical of us policy regarding Native Americans included _______ whose book, Life Among the Paiutes, described traditional Native American life, and _____, whose book, A Century of Dishonor, called for fairer government policy toward Native American groups.

Sarah Winnemucca for blank 1 Helen Hunt Jackson for blank 2

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. A Paiute Indian named _____ worked hard to reform the reservation system.

Sarah Winnemussa

Which of these events is considered the last major incident between the US and Native Americans on the Great Plains?

Wounded Knee Massacre

Free Silver Movement

backing paper currency with silver

How did the US government attempt to "Americanize" Native American children in the late 1800s?

by sending them to boarding schools and having them give up traditional customs

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The huge deposit of gold and silver found in Nevada in 1859 was known as the ___.

comstock lode

Which of these were effects of the transcontinental railroad? Choose the THREE correct answers.

faster transportation between regions more raw materials shipped to the East more manufactured goods shipped to the West

National Gange

federal regulation of railroad rates

Oregon Trail

fertile land

Populist Party

government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, and railroads

WORD BANK: meaning you fill in the blank. You will be provided with a word bank at the very top. The ____ gave government-owned land to small farmers. In return the farmers had to live on the land for at least 5 years.

homestead act

Mormon trail

religious freedom


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