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Question 1

What environmentally damaging policy was supported by the 1902 Newlands or National Reclamation Act?
 
  A) irrigation of farm lands
  B) hard rock mining
  C) desert cattle ranching
  D) eradication of pest wolves and coyotes

Question 2

John Deere is famous for inventing a:
 
  A) reaper.
  B) steel plow.
  C) cultivator.
  D) disease-proof strain of wheat.

Question 3

In what state did the most intensive development of agribusiness occur by 1900?
 
  A) Colorado
  B) Washington
  C) California
  D) Wyoming

Question 4

On the Great Plains, the most successful farmers were those with:
 
  A) money and political power.
  B) good rail access.
  C) large families.
  D) close community ties.

Question 5

Because of improvements in agricultural technology, crop yields by the 1880s:
 
  A) nearly doubled.
  B) tripled.
  C) quadrupled.
  D) grew tenfold.

Question 6

Unlike European immigrants, native-born American settlers of the Great Plains tended to:
 
  A) form tight-knit distinctive communities.
  B) look for secluded areas to form colonies.
  C) add to the violence and instability of the West.
  D) settle as individual families isolated on a solitary homestead.



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Answer 1

Answer: A

Answer 2

Answer: B

Answer 3

Answer: C

Answer 4

Answer: A

Answer 5

Answer: D

Answer 6

Answer: D





 

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