Benchmark 1 review Extra Credit
Flashcard
•
Social Studies
•
11th Grade
•
Practice Problem
•
Hard
Wayground Content
FREE Resource
Student preview
37 questions
Show all answers
1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?
Back
The Homestead Act
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...
Back
The Dawes Act
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?
Back
Barbed Wire
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
This invention was completed in Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 and united the East and West coasts of the United States.
Back
The Transcontinental Railroad
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?
Back
Shift from hunting to farming, Increase of the white settlers in the West, Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation.
Back
True
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which of the following offered free land in the West to encourage settlement? Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Interstate Commerce Act
Back
Homestead Act
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
Continue with Google
Continue with Email
Continue with Microsoft
or continue with
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
