Test Questions
WRAILS
Inventions/Adaptations
Native Americans
Throwback
100
The climate of the great plains has what?
A low rainfall and frequent dust storms
B mild winters and cool summers
C frequent thunderstorms that often lead to flooding
D extreme heat throughout the year
A low rainfall and frequent dust storms
100
What does the A in W.R.A.I.L.S. stand for?
Adventure
100
What invention was used to mark property lines/keep livestock from wandering?
Barbed Wire
100
Where were many Native Americans relocated to by settlers?
Reservations
100
Unit 2: Reconstruction
This Reconstruction Leader was president and assassinated at Ford's Theatre
Abraham Lincoln
200
what word is defined as the process of one cultural group being absorbed into another?
A Perception
B Reservation
C Assimilation
D Opposition
C Assimilation
200
How did settlers hope to get wealthy in the west? (HINT: It happened in California)
Mining for Gold
200
What invention was created to dig in the dry, tough soil of the Great Plains?
Steel Plow
200
What Nez Perce Leader tried to lead his people to Canada?
Chief Joseph
200
Unit 2: Reconstruction
This amendment abolished (ended) slavery
The Thirteenth (13th) Amendment
300
What did American Indian boarding schools do?
A helped plains Indians learn how to use new inventions
B forced plains Indians to accept white culture
C taught plains Indians how to mine for gold and silver
D gave plains Indians the skills needed for land ownership
B forced plains Indians to accept white culture
300
What is the name of the railroad that connected the East and West?
Transcontinental Railroad
300
What invention pumped water from underground aquifers?
Windmills
300
What Apache leader staged raids against white settlers?
Geronimo
300
Unit 1: Geography
States that are not connected to the mainland USA (Alaska and Hawaii) are part of what region?
Non-contiguous
400
American Indian homelands were reduced because of what?
A the number of growing factories
B broken treaties with the U.S. government
C increases in the buffalo population
D continued battles between different American Indian tribes
B broken treaties with the U.S. government
400
What Act gave free land to settlers out west?
Homestead Act
400
Why did settlers build sod houses?
There were few trees
400
Lakota spiritual leader who led his people across the plains to avoid capture by US soldiers
Sitting Bull
400
Unit 2: Reconstruction
What was an obstacle that prevented Black men from voting in the South?
NOT JIM CROW LAWS
Violence
Poll taxes
"Impossible" tests
500
Why did American Indians fight against U.S. troops in the battle of Little Bighorn
A To show their opposition to westward expansion
B To gain representation in Congress
C To force the U.S. government into selling their homelands
D To keep segregation and 'Jim Crow' laws from spreading west
A To show their opposition to westward expansion
500
What was the nickname given to former slaves that moved west for a new beginning?
Exodusters
500
What crop did many settlers begin crowing in the Great Plains?
Wheat
500
What was the result of the Battle of Wounded Knee?
Hundreds of Lakota were massacred
500
Unit 1: Geography
Mrs. Watkins is travelling through Atlanta and New Orleans. What region is she visiting?
Southeast