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Lesson Quiz 2-2
Settling the West
DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with the correct statement below.
________ 1. a tract of public land available for
settlement
A. bonanza farms
B. Stephen Long
________ 2. often brought their owners big profits
C. Wheat Belt
________ 3. productive farm area that began at the
eastern edge of the Great Plains
D. dry farming
________ 4. explored the Great Plains in 1819
E. homestead
________ 5. planting seeds deep in the ground where
there was enough moisture for them to
grow
DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
________ 6. Threshing machines were used for
A. clearing homesteads.
C. improving irrigation.
B. harvesting wheat.
D. planting crops.
________ 7. Settlement of the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by
C. the mining industry.
B. the government.
D. plow manufacturers.
________ 8. Large landholders on the Great Plains were able to
A. determine their own prices.
B. grow any crops they wanted.
C. invest in the tools they needed.
D. prevent droughts from happening.
________ 9. One approach to farming on the Great Plains was “dry farming,” in which farmers
A. cooperated to build community irrigation ditches.
B. dug out depressions to create ponds for irrigation.
C. grew crops that could withstand long periods without rain.
D. planted seeds deep in the ground.
_______ 10. The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they __________ for five years.
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A. cut down trees on it
C. lived on it
B. fenced it off
D. planted crops on it
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A. cattle ranchers.