Vocabulary
Native Americans
Railroad
Myths of the Old West
Mixed Bag
100
A vast expanse of flat, grasslands stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Missouri River in the east is called:
A. Great Lakes
B. Great Plains
C. Wild West
B. Great Plains
100
Land set aside by the government for the American Indians
A. Assimilation
B. Reservations
C. Indian Land
B. Reservations
100
What were some advantages to the Transcontinental Railroad?
A. More expensive and more difficult to ship products to sell out west and more difficult to move natural resources to factories
B. Forced relocation of Native Americans
C. Improved how people could travel
C. Improved how people could travel
100
The following are NOT myths of the Old West:
A. Romanticized life
B. Rugged individualism
C. Native Americans belief of Manifest Destiny
C. Native Americans did not agree with the United States' attitude of Manifest Destiny
100
What happened to the buffalo?
A. They were killed by settlers
B. They were pushed out of their habitat by the Transcontinental railroad
C. Lack of proper laws protecting the species allowed their demise
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
200
An act that provided free 160-acre lots in the unsettled West to anyone who would file a claim, live on the land for five years and make improvements to it, including building a dwelling.
A. Homestead Act
B. Manifest Destiny
C. US Constitution
A. Homestead Act
200
To be taught to be "American"
A. Assimilation
B. Reservation
C. Americanize
A. Assimilation
200
What is a way that the Transcontinental Railroad transformed the economy?
A. Made moving more expensive
B. Made people not want to travel
C. Promoted a cheap labor force with Chinese and Irish Workers
C. Promoted a cheap labor force with Chinese and Irish Workers
200
Americans made which of the following myths popular in pop culture:
A. Indian-White conflict
B. Savagery and conquest
C. National identity and progress
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
200
Where did many young Native Americans end up going?
A. To the transcontinental railroad
B. To American schools to be "assimilated"
C. To South Africa
B. To American schools to be "assimilated"
300
The belief that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
A. US Constitution
B. Homestead Act
C. Manifest Destiny
C. Manifest Destiny
300
A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers:
A. London Metropolitan Police Act
B. Dawes Act
C. Homestead Act
B. Dawes Act
300
A railroad linking America's east and west coasts.
A. Cross country railroad
B. Cross continental railroad
C. Transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
300
What is American "Exceptionalism"?
A. A concept that the United States is unique among nations with respect to its ideals of democracy and personal freedom.
B. A concept that U.S. was uniquely leaning towards communist ideals
C. Both A and B
A. A concept that the United States is unique among nations with respect to its ideals of democracy and personal freedom.
300
Which of the following is the result of the California Gold Rush?
A. Killing of blacks
B. Killing of Native Americans
C. Killing of whites
B. Killing of Native Americans
400
"Manifest Destiny" refers to:
A. The belief that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
B. An attitude that helped fuel western settlement and Native American removal.
C. Both A and B
C. Both A and B
400
How much land did Native Americans get for farming and grazing?
A. 160 acres for farming and 360 for grazing
B. 100 acres for farming and 500 for grazing
C. 360 acres for farming and 160 for grazing
A. 160 acres for farming and 360 for grazing
400
How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect Native Americans?
A. Forced relocation of Native Americans
B. Native Americans regulary took the trains so they could hunt more buffalo
C. Both A and B
A. Forced relocation of Native Americans
400
What has helped to continue the myths of the old west?
A. Transcontinental Railroad
B. Cowboy Movies
C. Homstead Act
B. Cowboy Movies
400
The Gold Rush was part of which state?
A. Virginia
B. California
C. Texas
B. California
500
The "Great Plains" stretches from:
A. Coast of California to the Rocky Mountains
B. Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River
C. Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River
C. Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River
500
When the Americans moved west, they found Native Americans already living on reservations.
True or False
False
Americans moved the Native Americans to Reservations after occupying their land
500
Which one of the following is a disadvantage to the Transcontinental Railroad?
A. Made moving cheaper and easier
B. Less expensive and easier to ship products to sell out west
C. Easier to move natural resources to factories
D. Reduction in the number of buffalo due to the railroad and people taking up their territory
D. Reduction in the number of buffalo due to the railroad and people taking up their territory
500
Which of the following are the most glorified icons in popular culture about myths the old west?
A. Indian Chief, Saloon Dancer, Outlaws, Jesse James , Billy the Kid
B. Hard physical labor, coal mining, farming C. Brutality of Indian warfare, racism againsts Mexicans and Blacks
C. All of the above
A. Romantic icons was the myth, hard labor was the reality, brutality and racism was the reality
500
American settlers felt that they could expand and take over the land in in North America because of which attitude?
A. California Gold Rush
B. Manifest Destiny
C. Homestead Act
B. Manifest Destiny
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