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HIST-USII
PennMMS/SOL 2a, 2b, 4a TEST
[Exam ID:2NPMY6] Scan Number:13382
1
What would be the best title for the box labeled with a star?
A Inventions and Adaptations
B Physical Features and Climate
C Barbed Wire
D Flatlands that Rise Gradually from East to West
2
What belongs in the oval marked with a question mark?
F Dairy Farming
G The Automobile
H Flat Lands
J Sod Houses
3
What would be the best title for the box labeled with the triangle?
A Construction of Transcontinental Railroad
B Physical Features and Climate
C Treeless Wastelands
D Inventions and Adaptations
4
Which adaptation for living on the Great Plains did NOT contribute to the end of the cowboy era?
F Barb-wired fences
G Hay fed cattle
H Steel plow
J Railroad
5
Barbed wire was invented to help the westward settlers keep —
A cowboys off their land
B wild animals off their land
C cattle from wandering off their land
D Native Americans off their land
6
Why were dust storms a problem for farmers in the Great Plains?
F The storms blew away the top soil which contained nutrients necessary to grow crops.
G The animals wandered away from the fields in which they grazed.
H The sod houses in which the farm workers lived were destroyed by the storms.
J The storms made it difficult to locate buildings and fields on the farms.
7
How did wheat farming change the landscape of the Great Plains?
A Wheat could withstand the hurricanes that plagued the area.
B Farmers could grow wheat on the steep terrain of the Great Plains.
C Farmers could grow wheat in the dense forests of the Great Plains.
D It allowed farmers to grow a substance that was much needed and profitable.
8
Which adaptation did nineteenth century farmers in the Great Plains use to have successful crop production?
F Organic farming
G Compost piles
H Crop Rotation
J Dry farming
9
Which is the best reason why people lived through hardships in order to travel westward?
A Opportunities for wealth and land
B Opportunities for fame and adventure
C Opportunities to explore the Great Plains
D Opportunities for escaping the law
10 Which invention caused the most change to life in the Great Plains?
F Railroad
G Wheat farming
H Windmills
J Steel plow
11
In 1898, Charles Philips Trevelyan wrote about Pittsburgh. Which industry does Mr. Trevelyan describe in his writing?
A Steel industry
B Railroad industry
C Automobile industry
D Textile industry
12 Where would copper and lead have been transported in the late 1800s?
F Eastern factories
G Steel mills in Pittsburgh
H Southern plantations
J England
13 Pittsburgh's specialized industry was —
A cattle
B steel
C dye
D textiles
14 Industry grew after the Civil War because advances in transportation linked-F
G
H
J
buyers and consumers.
Indians and reservations.
ranchers, markets, and meatpackers.
resources, products, and markets.
15 Factories in the East were located around centers of population where owners could find-A
B
C
D
natural resources.
captains of industry.
more workers.
lower taxes.
16
This form of transportation helped create industrial centers by —
F transporting farmers to Western towns
G increasing the need for skilled workers
H increasing tourist travel between states
J transporting natural resources to Eastern factories
17 Which was most likely the biggest problem faced by American Indians on reservations?
A Reservations were separated by railroad tracks.
B Reservations were located on dry wastelands that were unwanted by settlers.
C Reservations were far from the places where other tribes were located.
D Reservations were built close to towns and cities.
18 Which immigrants were used as workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?
F Chinese and Irish
G Siamese and French
H Korean and Russian
J Japanese and Norwegian
19 Where was the historic golden spike placed that was used to complete the first Transcontinental Railroad?
A San Francisco, California
B Promontory Point, Utah
C Santa Fe, New Mexico
D El Paso, Texas
20
In the poem, which effort of 1869 is Bret Harte referring to?
F Historic flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright
G Creation of a reservation system
H Expansion of the west for cattle ranches
J Use of the First Transcontinental Railroad
21
Olivia made this flier to illustrate her understanding of the opportunities available to Americans during the period of westward expansion. What could Olivia add for number 3?
A No rules or laws to obey
B Guarantee of fertile farming land and 100 head of cattle to every person who makes the trip
C Free unlimited train travel
D Opportunities for land ownership
22
Which phrase best completes II?
F Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce
G Return to the same ways of living as ancestors
H Native Americans elected to government positions
J Reduction of buffalo population
23 Which of the following is an example of an American Indian attempt at assimilation?
A Wearing Native American jewelry and clothing
B Learning to speak the English language
C Going to Canada to avoid relocation to a reservation
D Being a warrior at the Battle of Little Big Horn
24
Why was the technological advance pictured so important after the Civil War?
F It was less costly to travel this way.
G It was safer from Indian attacks than other transportation.
H It could carry people and goods where canals and rivers could not.
J It was the only way to get to the westward expansion territories.
25
What is the best explanation for Chief Joseph making this statement?
A He was giving up his position as chief.
B His fight for his people's land was unsuccessful.
C He could no longer hunt with his people.
D He knew he was dying.
26
Which statement best completes I?
F The government supported their traditional lifestyles.
G They were able to avoid the influence of the white settlers.
H They attempted to change the lifestyles of their tribes.
J They were forced to relocate to reservations.
27 What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?
A Acceptance
B Conversion
C Nativism
D Assimilation
28
The American Indian whose name best fits in the empty oval is —
F Geronimo
G Wounded Knee
H Sitting Bull
J Chief Joseph
29
In the poem, which effort of 1869 is Bret Harte referring to?
A Expansion of the West for cattle ranches
B Creation of a reservation system
C Use of the First Transcontinental Railroad
D Historic flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright
30 The United States relocation policy resulted in American Indians being —
F sent to live in foreign nations
G taught to become factory workers
H ordered to leave traditional lands
J forced to trade with foreign nations