Social Studies
Chapter 5 Review
Railroad companies got the money
for the transcontinental railroad
by:
A. raising their prices
B. getting a loan through the
Pacific Railway Act
C. selling land from the Homestead
Act
D. charging an extra tax
B. getting a loan through the
Pacific Railway Act
What did the Dawes Act do?
A. allowed settlers to look for gold
B. split reservation land into
smaller pieces
C. outlawed hunting buffalo
D. gave everyone 160 acres
B. split reservation land into
smaller pieces
The government wanted the
Indians to:
A. become farmers
B. open casinos
C. hunt buffalo
D. get back all of their lands
A. become farmers
What does assimilate mean?
A. to kill someone
B. to make fun of
C. to use like or as
D. to change some of a group’s
culture so that it blends in
D. to change some of a group’s culture
so that it blends in
How did the government try to
assimilate the Indians?
A. by shooting them from far away
B. by not allowing them to have
religious ceremonies
C. by making them wear feathers in
their hair
D. by giving them fair money for
their lands
B. by not allowing them to have
religious ceremonies
What was a reason the Indians and
soldiers fought?
A. The soldiers wanted the Indians
to move to reservations
B. The soldiers wanted all of the
buffalo
C. Indians took the soldiers’ lands
D. The soldiers were gossiping
A. The soldiers wanted the Indians
to move to reservations
How did people send messages
before the telegraph?
A. railroad
B. horse
C. telephone
D. newspaper
B. horse
What did settlers do to grow crops
in the Great Plains?
A. put the seeds in a hole with
some fish
B. broke through the sod
C. get rid of all of the water
D. used tractors
B. broke through the sod
How did the government
encourage people to move to the
Great Plains?
A. it gave them new tools
B. it gave them seeds
C. it taught them new ways to farm
D. it sold them land cheaply
D. it sold them land cheaply
Chinese railroad workers were:
A. given safe jobs
B. paid more than other workers
C. paid less than other workers
D. more respected than other
workers
C. paid less than other workers
Which words best describe the
Great Plains?
A. wet and swampy
B. flat and dry
C. rocky and hilly
D. covered with trees
B. flat and dry
Why didn’t people settle on the
Great Plains earlier?
A. the land was too expensive
B. there were no towns
C. it was too crowded there
D. the land didn’t look good for
farming
D. the land didn’t look good for
farming
How did western farmers make
money with the railroad?
A. they could ship their goods to
the east
B. by giving people rides
C. by delivering mail
D. by taking money from towns
who wanted it there
A. they could ship their goods to
the east
Cattle sold for $4 each in Texas but
in the east they would sell for $40
each. Why did they cost so little in
Texas?
A. there was a large supply there
B. there was a small supply there
C. there was a high demand there
D. nobody there liked cows
there was a large supply there
Cattle sold for $4 each in Texas but in
the east they would sell for $40 each.
Why did they cost so much in the
east?
A. there was a low supply of them
there
B. there was a low demand for them
C. they had a large supply of them
D. because of tariffs
A. there was a low supply of them
there
After barbed wire was invented:
A. people kept getting hurt
B. the fences blocked cattle trails
C. they sold a huge amount to
people in the east
D. cowhands used it on cattle
drives
B. the fences blocked cattle trails
Farmers on the Great Plains learned
how to grow crops easier and faster
because:
A. they used new and better machines
B. hired more people to work the land
C. planted everything next to rivers
D. used new tractors
A. they used new and better
machines