Test 2a-c Review

Ms. Newell

True/False

Following the Civil War, settlers

began to move west.

True/False

The act passed in 1862 providing free land to settlers was called the Free Land Act.

True/False

Prospectors attracted by gold strikes in Colorado and Nevada found other metals as well.

True/False

Texas ranchers had plenty of cattle, but the best markets were in the North and the East.

True/False

Texas ranchers organized cattle drives to herd cattle from their ranches to the butchers in the East.

How did railroads change how

people measured time?

Why were the railroads so

important to the boomtowns?

What factors attracted settlers to the Plains?

Match all 3

A.Central Pacific

B.sodbusters

C.subsidies

1. Government grants

2. competed with Union Pacific

3. Plains farmers

What was one approach of the sodbusters?

A.dry farmingB. lode farmingC.wet farmingD.ore farming

A symbol that marks ownership burned into the

hide of cattle is calledA. homestead. B. brand.

C. dry farming. D. sodbuster.

What is it called when thousands of cattle run in panic?

A. dry farmingB. a brandingC. homesteadingD. a stampede

Who customarily wore wide-brimmed hats, chaps, and lariats?A. dry farmers

B. vaquerosC.sodbustersD. homesteaders

Two noncontiguous states are -

A North and South Dakota

B Florida and Alaska

C Alaska and HawaiiD Puerto Rico and Guam

What region are the stars in?

A Rocky Mountains

B Midwest

C Pacific

D Southwest

What region are the stars in?A Noncontiguous B Rocky MountainC Midwest D Pacific

What area is the star in?

A Noncontiguous B MidwestC Rocky Mountain D Pacific

Santa Fe and San Antonio are located in which United States region?

A PacificB SoutheastC SouthwestD Rocky Mountain

Which of the following states is NOT located in the Midwest region of the United States?

A Indiana B Pennsylvania

C Ohio D Michigan

Why did manufacturing areas develop near cities in the Northeast and Midwest?

ATo be near the consumersBTo be near natural resourcesC Because there were no cities in the

WestD Because southern farmers were

self-sufficient

Which area had the most textile manufacturing in the time period after Reconstruction?

A mid-AtlanticB MidwestC New EnglandD Southwest

What was the most important economic benefit of the railroads to the cattle industry?

A They made it possible for ranchers to visit cities.

BThey brought supplies to the settlers.CThey allowed settlers to move west

faster than on horseback.DThey transported cattle to market

easily.

All three major cattle trails began in what state?

A Kansas B TexasC Illinois D California

Why do the three cattle trails on the map run from south to north? A The trails allowed cowboys to get their cattle to the

railroads.B The trails went north to avoid Indian lands.C It was easier to herd cattle downhill.D Cowboys herded the cattle along major rivers.

Automobile manufacturing developed in which major city -

A PittsburghB DetroitC ChicagoD New York City

What problem faced by farmers was solved by the steel plow?

A The thick grass and sod of the plains was difficult to break up.

B Cattle on the open range often damaged or destroyed crops.

C Crops were often damaged by prairie fires and plagues of insects.

D Lack of rainfall made growing crops difficult.

What physical feature of the Great Plains made the land ideal for raising cattle?

A Abundant trees

B Large riversC Flat open prairieD Rolling hills

What form of shelter did settlers use because of the scarcity of trees on the Great Plains?

A Grass hutB TeepeeC Sod houseD Log cabin

Western settlers no longer saw the Great Plains as a "treeless wasteland" due to

A frequent rainfallB. land erosionC new inventionsD climate changes

The land on the Great Plains can best be described as -

A forested hills running north and south

B marsh and swamp drained by westward flowing rivers

C flat lands rising gradually from east to west

D tall mountains and narrow valleys

The Great Plains can bedescribed as all of the followingEXCEPT

A flat lands that rise gradually from east to west

B rolling hills & abundant trees

C land eroded by wind & waterD an area that has frequent dust

storms

How did the invention of barbed wire and the steel plow influence westward movement?

A It allowed people to move to more challenging environments.

B It improved railroad construction.C It improved tobacco farming in

Virginia.DIt allowed farmers to plant crops in

the Rocky Mountain region

How did the dry climate of the West influence farmers?

A American Indians (First Americans) worked with western farmers to teach them new farming methods.

BFarmers were forced to leave the West and return East.

CSpecial fertilizers were used to make farming in the dry climate possible.

DNew techniques such as dry farming and windmills were used to make farming possible.

Due to low rainfall on the Great Plains, farmers adapted by using which of the following techniques?

A Barbed wireB Steel plowC Wet farmingD Dry farming

Before the invention of the steel plow and barbed wire, most Americans saw the Great Plains as

Aa treeless wastelandB an American Indian reservationC the best place to settleD the source of most natural

resources

As an adaptation to life on the Great Plains, settlers lived in

A wigwamsB sod homesC brick homesD log homes

The steel plow is to farming as barbed wire is to

A manufacturingB miningC ranchingD transportation