test 2a-c review ms. newell true/false following the civil war, settlers began to move west
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Test 2a-c Review
Ms. Newell
True/False
Following the Civil War, settlers
began to move west.
True/False
The act passed in 1862 providing free land to settlers was called the Free Land Act.
True/False
Prospectors attracted by gold strikes in Colorado and Nevada found other metals as well.
True/False
Texas ranchers had plenty of cattle, but the best markets were in the North and the East.
True/False
Texas ranchers organized cattle drives to herd cattle from their ranches to the butchers in the East.
How did railroads change how
people measured time?
Why were the railroads so
important to the boomtowns?
What factors attracted settlers to the Plains?
Match all 3
A.Central Pacific
B.sodbusters
C.subsidies
1. Government grants
2. competed with Union Pacific
3. Plains farmers
What was one approach of the sodbusters?
A.dry farmingB. lode farmingC.wet farmingD.ore farming
A symbol that marks ownership burned into the
hide of cattle is calledA. homestead. B. brand.
C. dry farming. D. sodbuster.
What is it called when thousands of cattle run in panic?
A. dry farmingB. a brandingC. homesteadingD. a stampede
Who customarily wore wide-brimmed hats, chaps, and lariats?A. dry farmers
B. vaquerosC.sodbustersD. homesteaders
Two noncontiguous states are -
A North and South Dakota
B Florida and Alaska
C Alaska and HawaiiD Puerto Rico and Guam
What region are the stars in?
A Rocky Mountains
B Midwest
C Pacific
D Southwest
What region are the stars in?A Noncontiguous B Rocky MountainC Midwest D Pacific
What area is the star in?
A Noncontiguous B MidwestC Rocky Mountain D Pacific
Santa Fe and San Antonio are located in which United States region?
A PacificB SoutheastC SouthwestD Rocky Mountain
Which of the following states is NOT located in the Midwest region of the United States?
A Indiana B Pennsylvania
C Ohio D Michigan
Why did manufacturing areas develop near cities in the Northeast and Midwest?
ATo be near the consumersBTo be near natural resourcesC Because there were no cities in the
WestD Because southern farmers were
self-sufficient
Which area had the most textile manufacturing in the time period after Reconstruction?
A mid-AtlanticB MidwestC New EnglandD Southwest
What was the most important economic benefit of the railroads to the cattle industry?
A They made it possible for ranchers to visit cities.
BThey brought supplies to the settlers.CThey allowed settlers to move west
faster than on horseback.DThey transported cattle to market
easily.
All three major cattle trails began in what state?
A Kansas B TexasC Illinois D California
Why do the three cattle trails on the map run from south to north? A The trails allowed cowboys to get their cattle to the
railroads.B The trails went north to avoid Indian lands.C It was easier to herd cattle downhill.D Cowboys herded the cattle along major rivers.
Automobile manufacturing developed in which major city -
A PittsburghB DetroitC ChicagoD New York City
What problem faced by farmers was solved by the steel plow?
A The thick grass and sod of the plains was difficult to break up.
B Cattle on the open range often damaged or destroyed crops.
C Crops were often damaged by prairie fires and plagues of insects.
D Lack of rainfall made growing crops difficult.
What physical feature of the Great Plains made the land ideal for raising cattle?
A Abundant trees
B Large riversC Flat open prairieD Rolling hills
What form of shelter did settlers use because of the scarcity of trees on the Great Plains?
A Grass hutB TeepeeC Sod houseD Log cabin
Western settlers no longer saw the Great Plains as a "treeless wasteland" due to
A frequent rainfallB. land erosionC new inventionsD climate changes
The land on the Great Plains can best be described as -
A forested hills running north and south
B marsh and swamp drained by westward flowing rivers
C flat lands rising gradually from east to west
D tall mountains and narrow valleys
The Great Plains can bedescribed as all of the followingEXCEPT
A flat lands that rise gradually from east to west
B rolling hills & abundant trees
C land eroded by wind & waterD an area that has frequent dust
storms
How did the invention of barbed wire and the steel plow influence westward movement?
A It allowed people to move to more challenging environments.
B It improved railroad construction.C It improved tobacco farming in
Virginia.DIt allowed farmers to plant crops in
the Rocky Mountain region
How did the dry climate of the West influence farmers?
A American Indians (First Americans) worked with western farmers to teach them new farming methods.
BFarmers were forced to leave the West and return East.
CSpecial fertilizers were used to make farming in the dry climate possible.
DNew techniques such as dry farming and windmills were used to make farming possible.
Due to low rainfall on the Great Plains, farmers adapted by using which of the following techniques?
A Barbed wireB Steel plowC Wet farmingD Dry farming
Before the invention of the steel plow and barbed wire, most Americans saw the Great Plains as
Aa treeless wastelandB an American Indian reservationC the best place to settleD the source of most natural
resources
As an adaptation to life on the Great Plains, settlers lived in
A wigwamsB sod homesC brick homesD log homes
The steel plow is to farming as barbed wire is to
A manufacturingB miningC ranchingD transportation