
Western Frontier
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Nikole Dickson
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Native Americans
First People of the Plains
Hunted Buffalo for food
Nomadic
Sent to live on Reservations
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Multiple Choice
What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?
Food
Shelter
Clothing
All of the above
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Settling the West
Boomtowns - Virginia City, Nevada
Transcontinental rail lines
Completed in 1869
Homestead Act - 160 Acres
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Multiple Choice
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
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Multiple Choice
Why were people rushing to California in 1849?
Wagons
The Homestead Act
Gold
Shovels
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Multiple Choice
Transcontinental means...
across the U.S.A.
over the U.S.A.
near the U.S.A.
beside the U.S.A.
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Multiple Choice
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.
north and south
east and west
north and west
east and south
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Multiple Choice
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.
1865
1867
1869
1871
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Multiple Choice
The US government removed Native Americans from their native land, forcing them onto ________________________.
Reservations
Resorts
Great Plains
the East Coast
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Multiple Choice
What caused the Indian Wars to begin?
The Native Americans were angry about settlers cutting down all the trees to build houses and fences.
The Native Americans were angry about the price of train tickets.
The Native Americans were angry about losing their territory.
The Native Americans were angry about not being paid by railroad bosses.
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Multiple Choice
The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?
Native Americans
Immigrants
Chinese
Settlers
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a reason cattle trails ended?
harsh winter
airplanes
drought
mudslides
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Chisholm Trail🡪
Joseph McCoy
started trail route
from Abilene,
Kansas to San
Antonio, Texas
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Multiple Choice
Kitty Hawk, NC
Chisholm Trail
Pearl Harbor, HI
Chicago, IL
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Multiple Choice
How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?
the amount of buffalo did not change
the amount of buffalo decreased
the amount of buffalo increased
buffalo migrated east
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Multiple Choice
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
the railroads helped the Natives move east
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources
the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had
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Multiple Choice
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine
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Multiple Choice
Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?
east
Towns
Reservations
Camps
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Multiple Choice
Animals
No food
Wagon trains
Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms
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Multiple Choice
New Land Act
Homestead Act
Free Land Act
Welcome Home Act
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Multiple Choice
Immigration to Mexico
Gold
Silver
Farmland
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Multiple Choice
what vast land of area is located on this map?
The east
the central west
western plateau
Great Plains
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