Social Studies Chapter 6
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- Q1What was the fastest way to travel across the country in 1869?by airplaneby railroadby boatby wagon train20s
- Q2Congress built the National Road to make it easier for people to travel west. How did this help the United States grow?People could go west more easily and obtain land that they could farm.People could travel to big cities with large populations so settlement there became easier.People could more easily take vacations west to see the sights.The National Road was faster than the railroad.20s
- Q3How did Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea contribute to growth in the West?They made it possible for the building of the transcontinental railroad.They explored the land west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific.They explored the area where the National Road was built.They made it possible for the Erie Canal to be built.20s
- Q4What was one benefit of the Erie Canal?It became easier for people to travel to the Pacific Ocean.It became easier for people to travel all over the world.It replaced travel by rivers.It became easier to ship goods throughout the northeastern United States.20s
- Q5Why were wagon trains so dangerous?because people faced many challenges on the trailbecause the journey west was so longbecause the people who traveled in them were newcomersbecause they were covered so it was hard for people to steer20s
- Q6Why were homesteaders who bought land through the Homestead Act required to build a house and live on the land for five years?Crops took a long time to grow and harvest.People needed time to settle into communities.house made the land more attractive.The land would be worthless without a house.20s
- Q7Why do you think Asian immigrants settled mostly in California than on the east coast?They thought that California had more to offer than the east coast did.It was easier for Asian immigrants to be accepted in California than on the east coast.It was easier to get to California from Asia than to go to the east coast.They were afraid to go to the east coast because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.20s
- Q8Why did immigrants from China stop coming to the United States after the gold rush?The Chinese were excluded from taking jobs in California.The United States government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to prevent them from coming.The Japanese would not let the Chinese come to the United States.The Chinese did not want to take jobs in the United States anymore, so they stopped coming.20s
- Q9What greeted immigrants coming into the New York harbor when immigrating from Europe?The Statue of LibertyThe Liberty BellThe GovernorThe Giants Stadium20s
- Q10How did Daniel Boone help to create new communities?He explored the Mississippi River, which helped settlers travel and set up communities in the West.He passed the Homestead Act, which gave Americans the chance to buy cheap land on the frontier.He helped widen the Cumberland Gap, allowing wagons and settlers to travel beyond the Appalachian Mountains.He helped build the transcontinental railroad, making it easier to travel from Nebraska to California.20s
- Q11What were the names of the people who discovered how to make a plane fly?The Wright BrothersSacagawea and Thomas JeffersonLewis and ClarkDaniel Boone and Davy Crockett20s
- Q12What is the name of the railroad that goes from the East Coast to the West Coast?The National RoadThe Oregon TrailThe Transcontinental Railroad20s
- Q13Tolls were to help pay for what?Building wagonsBuilding and fixing roadsTaxesBuilding homes20s
- Q14an area of land that includes a house and its buildingsHomesteadCanalTollFrontier20s
- Q15to keep onTranscontinentalcontinuematerialExclusion20s