1) In which region did the Populist Party gain the most support? a) West b) North c) East d) South 2) Which of the following was a problem America faced while expanding westward? a) Americans were unwilling to explore. b) The federal government discouraged expansion. c) The weather conditions made it difficult for settlers. d) Americans didn’t want to take over the land of Native Americans. 3) What was the purpose of the Dawes Act? a) to help assimilate Native Americans into society b) to help assimilate poorer classes into American culture c) to give land in the west in exchange for settling it d) to help assimilate Italian and Russia immigrants 4) The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided free federal land, was to a) set up reservations for Native American Indians b) establish land-grant agricultural colleges c) encourage settlement of the West d) assist in the construction of transcontinental railorads 5) Where did the United States government force Indians to live in the 1800's? a) in the south b) ghettos c) internment camps d) reservations 6) What transportation system was a land link for the east and west coasts of the United States? a) Erie Canal b) Panama Canal c) Trancontinental Railroad d) The National Road 7) The National Grange was assembled to a) seek out overseas investment b) protect blacks from being attacked and lynched in the south c) help fight corrupt city political machines d) help end unfair railroad practices to farmers 8) Which territory did the United States get through a treaty with Spain? a) A) Mexican Cession b) B) Florida c) C) Oregon Territory d) D) 13 Colonies 9) Which territory did the United States get through a treaty with Great Britain? a) A) Mexican Cession b) B) Florida c) C) Oregon Territory d) D) 13 Colonies 10) Which of the following was the small piece of land that the US bought from Mexico? a) A) Treaty of Guadalupe b) B) Louisiana Purchase c) C) Gadsden Purchase d) D) Texas Annexation 11) Which letter represents the Mexican Cession? a) A b) B c) C d) D 12) Which letter represents the Texas Annexation? a) A b) B c) C d) D 13) Which letter represents the Louisiana Purchase? a) A b) B c) C d) F 14) Which letter represents the Oregon Country? a) A b) B c) F d) E 15) A major goal of both the Granger and Populist movements in the United States was a) laws to slow inflation b) establishment of a gold standard for currency c) unlimited immigration d) passage of laws to help farmers 16) Which of the following was a technological advancement that encouraged settlement of the West? a) A) Steel plow b) B) Cotton gin c) C) Assembly line d) D) Solar Panels 17) A belief in manifest destiny, the passage of the Dawes Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with a) the rise of big business b) the abolitionist movement c) growth of the labor movement d) the expansion and settlement of the West 18) "I was born upon the prairie where there were no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there, and not withing walls...so why do you ask us to leave?" This statement was most likely made by a) a Native American Indian during the second half of the 19th century b) a migrant worker in the West during the 1930's c) a worker in a sweatshop of the late 19th century d) a slave in the South in the pre-Civil War period 19) The invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the a) settlement of the Great Plains b) gold rushes in California c) extension of slavery into the western territories d) growth of the plantation system of agriculture 20) Why were the buffalo important to the Plains Indians a) They provided food, clothing, and shelter b) they were domesticated by the Plains Indians to help with farming c) They were the only animal that lived on the Plains d) They kept farmers from settling on the Plain's Indians lands 21) What was the term for African Americans who moved to Kansas, and other western territories to become farmers a) scalawags b) abolitionists c) exodusters d) carpetbaggers 22) What transportation system was a land link for the east and west coasts of the United States a) National Road b) Erie Canal c) Panama Canal d) Transcontinental Railroad

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