Lesson 1: Railroads, Miners, and Rachers
The gold rush help with what?
The expansion west or helped settlers move west
What is it called when other homesteaders use a farming method where they conserve moisture into their soil?
Dry farming
What is one thing that tepees were made out of?
Wood poles, bark, and animals skins
Raw minerals are natural products, which one of these is not a raw material?
Gold, Silver, Oil, Cows, Lumber
Cows
What is a long period without rain called?
A drought
Settlers on a prairie were called what?
A. Immigrants
B. Sodbusters
C. Homesteaders
B. Sodbusters
What animal were people hunting for sport and killing?
Buffalo
When the Spanish-American War ended,
A. the United States refused to trade with Cuba.
B. the United States gained control of the Philippines.
C. Texas became part of the United States.
D. Mexico signed a trade agreement with the United States.
B. The United States gained control of the Philippines
What word means "added to the United States"?
A. Isthmus
B. Yellow Journalism
C. Annexed
D. Homestead Act
C. Annexed
Why did homesteaders want to live near a railroad?
A. to stay in contact with their families in the East
B. to take vacations in the open space in the West
C. to be able to get to a hospital quickly
D. to make it easy to transport their crops to market
D. To make it easy to transport their crops to market
7 western territories became states between 1861-1907. Name ONE state.
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Oklahoma
What does surrender mean?
To give up
What two landmasses does the Isthmus of Panama connect?
North and South America
The Homestead Act tells us that settlers received how much land for how much money?
160 acres for 18 dollars
Many of the workers on the Transcontinental Railroad were of what ethnicity?
Chinese Immigrants
What new technology helped farmers plant their crops more easily?
A the steel plow
B the reaper
C the cotton gin
D barbed wire
A. Steel Plow
Which is true? The Sioux people....
A. traveled on the Trail of Tears.
B. won the battle of Little Big Horn.
C. lived in the area that is now Florida.
D. were led by Geronimo.
B. Won the battle of Little Big Horn
What is a "folly"
A foolish act or idea
What does Yellow Journalism mean?
What is the biggest concern with travel from east to west before the transcontinental railroad was built?
Weather
What did the homesteaders have to do in order to own 160 acres of land?
Build a home on land within 6 months and live there for 5 years
Name one of the Native American Leaders... There are 4
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, and Geronimo
Why did Congress declare war on Spain?
The American's thought Spain sunk the U.S. battleship Maine in Cuba
Which is the definition for Monroe Doctrine
A. an area of land to which Native Americans were
forced to relocate
B. a policy that told European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
C. a belief that the United States should keep
expanding west to the Pacific Ocean
D. a narrow strip of land connecting two landmasses
B- a policy that told European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere