Technological advances that aided in the settlement of the Great Plains include all of the following EXCEPT: Barbed wire Steel plow Electric light bulb c

Which invention or technology made it possible to grow wheat on the Great Plains? Barbed wire Dry farming Windmills Railroads b. Dry farming

Which crop grew best on the Great Plains? Corn Cotton Soybeans Wheat d

Where on the Great Plains was there the most cattle ranching? Texas The Dakotas Colorado Utah a

Which of the following was NOT one of the physical features of the Great Plains that made them hard to farm? Frequent dust storms Scanty rainfall Cool temperatures in summer Land erosion c

Wheat farming on the Great Plains: Was easy due to a steady supply of rain Allowed Congress to pass legislation forbidding farming in the plains states Forced farmers to plant wheat differently Did not help any farmers c

Which of the following best describes why people went west? Fewer opportunities for land ownership Possibility of wealth created by the discovery of silver Voting privileges for former slaves Opportunities for all d

What is the main reason people settled in the Great Plains? The 19th Amendment Homestead Act Women’s Suffrage California gold rush b

Where on the Great Plains was there the most cattle ranching? Eastern Texas The eastern half of the Dakotas Western Colorado Utah a

One of the greatest impacts of cattle drives was… Stampedes Beef being eaten in the cities The establishment of cow towns in the Midwest Wild animals c

A major benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad was… Fewer buffalo were left on the Plains Supplies and mail moved more quickly and cheaply Fewer states entered the Union Congress gave loans to railroad companies b

Which group did NOT benefit from westward expansion? Cowboys African-Americans Native Americans Miners c

Cattle ranching on the Great Plains experienced a period of growth because… The expansion of railroads Government money Dry farming Decrease in annual rainfall a

Boom towns were the result of… People supporting the needs of miners The Homestead Act The creation of Indian reservations Fighting between Indians and settlers a

The Transcontinental Continental Railroad was built to… Link the northern and southern states Link the eastern and western states Discourage settlers from moving west Employ thousands of immigrants b

Former slaves called themselves Exodusters because… They liked the name They were on a journey to freedom They returned to slavery They planted exobeans b

The United States government’s main reason for putting the Indians on reservations can be best characterized as… Freeing up more land for the settlers to farm on Providing more tax money for the economy Providing an increase in personal liberties Allowing the Indians an opportunity to open stores

“I am tired of fighting…From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more.” This statement was made by… Chief Powhatan Crazy Horse Chief Joseph Sitting Bull

The Native Americans were forced to move from their homes to certain government owned lands. What was the name given to these lands? Preservation Tribal nation Conservation Reservation

What was the name of the battle where Colonel Custer led his soldiers against the Lakota tribe? Big Littlehorn Sioux Stance Little Bighorn Custer’s Crusade

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