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Created: Jan 11, 2017
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8th SS Mid Term Exam Settling West

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Grade 11 The Frontier
A.
General George Armstrong Custer was defeated by Chief Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians along with other tribes in a massacre we know as
  1. the Battle at Little Big Horn
  2. the Battle of the Bulge
  3. the Bay of Pigs
  4. the massacre at Wounded Knee
Grade 7 The Frontier
B.
Which of the following is an example of how the lives of American Indians were changed through westward expansion?
  1. Discovery of gold and silver
  2. Adventure
  3. Technology
  4. Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes
Grade 11 The Frontier
D.
What is a railroad called that stretches across from the East Coast to the West Coast?
  1. Transunion Railroad
  2. Transcontinental Railroad
  3. Amtrak
Grade 9 The Frontier
E.
Early American cowboys learned many of their skills from
  1. Mexican and Spanish cowboys.
  2. Native American horsemen.
  3. settlers from New England.
  4. veterans of the Civil War.
Grade 9 The Frontier
F.
What was the main reason why it was necessary to drive cattle such long distances in the 1860s?
  1. The cattle needed to be fattened up along the way.
  2. The cattle had to be driven to where the railroads began.
  3. The government allowed ranches only in isolated areas.
  4. The cattle drives had to avoid crossing Native American lands.
Grade 9 The Frontier
G.
Of the following, which did NOT occur as a result of the new transcontinental railroad?
  1. New towns sprang up along the railroads.
  2. Products such as gold, silver, and beef were shipped east in great quantities.
  3. The population of western territories fell.
  4. The population of the West grew and new states were formed
Grade 8 The Frontier
H.
In the early 1800s, the Great Plains were unattractive to many settlers because
  1. there were millions of buffalo in the region.
  2. the land was not considered suitable for farming.
  3. the region was already overpopulated.
  4. they wanted to settle east of the frontier.
Grade 8 The Frontier
I.
Which of the following was a risk of life on the trail for cowboys?
  1. starving to death
  2. attacks from vaqueros
  3. cattle stampedes
  4. being run over by trains
Grade 9 The Frontier
J.
How were buffaloes used in the West?
  1. shelter
  2. symbol of wealth
  3. death warning
  4. clothes
  5. food
  6. white men are coming
Grade 4 The Frontier
K.
What is a prospector?
  1. Someone who makes jewelry out of gold or other precious metals.
  2. Someone who cuts down lumber.
  3. Someone who digs or mines for gold, silver or other precious metals.
  4. Someone who raises cattle.
Grade 8 Social Studies
L.
The "isle of hope" became the "isle of tears" when...
  1. immigrants had to climb the long "stairs of separation"
  2. immigrants realized they had finally made it to the US
  3. immigrants were turned away and not allowed in the country
  4. immigrants cried tears of joy when they finally met up with loved ones
Grade 8 Social Studies
M.
Most of the immigrants processed at Ellis Island were from...
  1. western and northern Europe
  2. southern and eastern Europe
  3. southern and northern Europe
  4. eastern and northern Europe
Grade 8 Social Studies
N.
Eli Janney invented the...
  1. air brakes
  2. sleeping car
  3. car couplers
  4. electric lightbulb
Grade 8 Social Studies
P.
When unions represent workers in negotiating with management, it is called...
  1. haggling with management
  2. collective bargaining
  3. work negotiations
  4. injunctions
Grade 8 Social Studies
Q.
In the late 1800's, the US economy started to shift from an agricultural economy to a(n)...
  1. digital economy
  2. industrial economy
  3. self-sufficient economy
  4. recession
Grade 8 Industrialization
R.
Acquiring most or all of the equipment and services needed for a business is                       .
  1. vertical integration
  2. horizontal integration
  3. factors of production
  4. diagonal integration
Grade 8 Industrialization
S.
The name of the leading oil company in the early years was                       .
  1. Pittsburgh Oil Company
  2. Standard Oil Company
  3. Rockefeller Oil
  4. The Petroleum Pit
Grade 5 The Frontier
T.
Where was the transcontinental railroad completed?
  1. Sierra, Nevada
  2. Promontory Point, Utah
  3. Chicago, Illinois
  4. Omaha, Nebraska