Question 1

What was the fastest way to travel across the country in 1869?

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by railroad

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by airplane

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by boat

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by wagon train

Question 2

Congress built the National Road to make it easier for people to travel west. How did this help the United States grow?

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People could go west more easily and obtain land that they could farm.

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People could travel to big cities with large populations so settlement there became easier.

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People could more easily take vacations west to see the sights.

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The National Road was faster than the railroad.

Question 3

How did Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea contribute to growth in the West?

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They explored the land west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific.

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They made it possible for the building of the transcontinental railroad.

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They explored the area where the National Road was built.

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They made it possible for the Erie Canal to be built.

Question 4

What was one benefit of the Erie Canal?

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It became easier to ship goods throughout the northeastern United States.

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It became easier for people to travel to the Pacific Ocean.

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It became easier for people to travel all over the world.

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It replaced travel by rivers.

Question 5

Why were wagon trains so dangerous?

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because people faced many challenges on the trail

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because the journey west was so long

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because the people who traveled in them were newcomers

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because they were covered so it was hard for people to steer

Question 6

Why were homesteaders who bought land through the Homestead Act required to build a house and live on the land for five years?

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People needed time to settle into communities.

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Crops took a long time to grow and harvest.

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house made the land more attractive.

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The land would be worthless without a house.

Question 7

Why do you think Asian immigrants settled mostly in California than on the east coast?

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It was easier to get to California from Asia than to go to the east coast.

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They thought that California had more to offer than the east coast did.

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It was easier for Asian immigrants to be accepted in California than on the east coast.

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They were afraid to go to the east coast because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Question 8

Why did immigrants from China stop coming to the United States after the gold rush?

Accepted Answer

The United States government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to prevent them from coming.

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The Chinese were excluded from taking jobs in California.

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The Japanese would not let the Chinese come to the United States.

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The Chinese did not want to take jobs in the United States anymore, so they stopped coming.

Question 9

What greeted immigrants coming into the New York harbor when immigrating from Europe?

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The Statue of Liberty

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The Liberty Bell

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The Governor

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The Giants Stadium

Question 10

How did Daniel Boone help to create new communities?

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He helped widen the Cumberland Gap, allowing wagons and settlers to travel beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

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He explored the Mississippi River, which helped settlers travel and set up communities in the West.

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He passed the Homestead Act, which gave Americans the chance to buy cheap land on the frontier.

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He helped build the transcontinental railroad, making it easier to travel from Nebraska to California.

Question 11

What were the names of the people who discovered how to make a plane fly?

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The Wright Brothers

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Sacagawea and Thomas Jefferson

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Lewis and Clark

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Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett

Question 12

What is the name of the railroad that goes from the East Coast to the West Coast?

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The Transcontinental Railroad

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The National Road

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The Oregon Trail

Question 13

Tolls were to help pay for what?

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Building and fixing roads

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Building wagons

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Taxes

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Building homes

Question 14

an area of land that includes a house and its buildings

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Homestead

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Canal

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Toll

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Frontier

Question 15

to keep on

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continue

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Transcontinental

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material

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Exclusion

Question 16

money that is paid for using a road

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Toll

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design

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material

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financial

Question 17

keeping people out of place

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Exclusion

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frontier

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Homestead

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segregate

Question 18

across the continent

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Transcontinental

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oregon trail

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continue

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mountain

Question 19

plan, outline, details

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design

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material

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structure

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financial

Question 20

relating to matters of money

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financial

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Homestead

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Canal

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design

Question 21

an item that something is made of, such as stone, mud, wood, or grass

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material

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Frontier

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Exclusion

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design

Question 22

a waterway that is dug by people

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canal

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river

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ocean

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lake

Question 23

a region that forms the edge of a settled area

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frontier

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canal

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homestead

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exclusion

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