1. 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

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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. “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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Explain this picture
Library of Congress