western frontier test

Question 1

grants of money the government gave to railroad companies building the transcontinental railroad were called??

Answer 1

subsidies

Question 2

the central pacific railroad relied on these workers?

Answer 2

chinese

Question 3

when thousands of cattle ran in panic it was called??

Answer 3

a stampede

Question 4

the last native american tk gormally surrender to the U.S was?

Answer 4

Geronimo

Question 5

in 1867, the federal government appointed the ___ which reccommended moving native americans to ____

Answer 5

indian peace comission, reservations

Question 6

the dawes attempted to eliminate these 2 aspects of nativ american culture

Answer 6

a lack of private property and nomadic lifestyle

Question 7

led by _____ the nez perce attempted, unsuccessfully to flee Canada rather than move to a reservation. Later this man said “I will fight no more forever”

Answer 7

chief joesph

Question 8

this huge construction effort helped the US to achieve its dream of manifest destiny

Answer 8

transcontinental railroad

Question 9

in 1862, congress passed, which gave settlers 160 acres of free land (if they lived there for 5 years and built a home)

Answer 9

homestead act

Question 10

farmers on the great plains earned their nickname from this material they had to cut through it to plant seeds

Answer 10

a sod

Question 11

in what ways did the transcontinental railroad help boost the economy?

Answer 11

all of the above

Question 12

what political reforms did populists support?

Answer 12

all of the above

Question 13

what actions by the US governmemt and white settlers bdought an snd to fhe traditional Native American way of life?

Answer 13

All of the above

Question 14

Why were farmers alliances formed?

Answer 14

all of the above

Question 15

the US governmemt gave the builders of the transcontinental railroad large subsidies. Whats a subsidy?

Answer 15

All of the above