During the 1850-1871, where did the railroads lead to?
a. North
b. South
c. West
d. East
d. East
100
Exodusters are white men who moved from the North to the South for profit. True or False?
False
100
Out of the following, which two did women sponsor?
a. schools
b. churches
c. mines
d. farming
schools and churches
100
What is the name of the dugout, a sod home, that frontier settlers used as a shelter?
Soddy
100
Which act was passed in 1862, offering 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household?
a. Homestead Act
b. Morrill Act
a. Homestead Act
200
Which company moved westward from Omaha?
a. Central Pacific,
b. Union Pacific
b. Union Pacific
200
Who used the law for their own gain?
a. farmers
b. government
c. craft men
b. Government
200
How did women make clothes for their families? *hint: animal
Women sheared the sheep and carded wool.
200
What did that John Deere invent in 1837 to help slice through heavy soil when farming?
a. Steel Plow
b. Reaping Machine
c. Horse Carriage
a. Steel Plow
200
Which Act gave federal land to the states to help financial agricultural colleges?
Morrill Act
300
Out of the following, all of the races did the grueling labor except:
a. Native Americans
b. Irish
c. Chinese
d. African Americans
e. Mexican Americans
a. Native Americans
300
Which state is known as the Sooner State?
Oklahoma
300
What two did women make out of tallow?
a. soap
b. candle
c. cakes
d. perfume
soap and candles
300
In 1847, Cyrus McCormick began to mass-produce a reaping machine. True or False?
True
300
Which Act established agricultural experiment stations to inform farmers of new developments?
a. Homestead Act
b. Morrill Act
c. Hatch Act
c. Hatch Act
400
Which company moved eastward from Sacramento?
a. Central Pacific
b. Union Pacific
a. Central Pacific
400
Who fences open land?
a. cattlemen
b. miners
c. farmers
d. woodcutters
a. cattlemen
400
What did women do during harvest time?
Women canned fruits and vegetables.
400
What invention prevented animals from trampling crops and wandering off?
a. Reaper
b. Barbed Chain
c. Barbed Wire
c. Barbed Wire
400
Several thousand settlers were exodusters,who took advantage of the Homestead Act in 1862. True or False?
True
500
Who gave huge land grants to the railroads?
a. farmers
b. Federal Government
c. Native Americans
d. Mr. Hanson
b. Federal Government
500
Out of the following, which two claimed national resources?
a. cattlemen
b. miners
c. woodcutters
miners and woodcutters
500
What did women do with their doctoring skills?
Women healed snakebites to crushed limbs.
500
What device prevented crop dehydration by bringing up underground water for irrigation?
Steel Windmill
500
Agricultural researchers did not develop many techniques for dry farming, so the land was unable to retain moisture. True or False?
False. Researchers did develop many techniques; therefore land was able to retain moisture.