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6th grade history questions! Please help!

Answer 1

What's up

Answer 2

May I just post a few of my questions and get help? :) !@Abby101

Answer 3

I have a lot and I only have a few days to finish and I'm really scared I won't get it all done unless someone can help me! @Abby101

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Thank you so much!

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1. Which was a disadvantage of farming on the Great Plains in the late 1800s?

A.
Farmers had no way to keep cattle and sheep from trampling their fields.

B.
There were frequent crop failures due to lack of rain.

C.
Slow population growth after the Civil War reduced demand for farm products.

D.
The land was too expensive for most homesteaders to afford.

Answer 6

1.) Slow growth of population meant lower demands for the products produced during the 1800's including produce and food
C

Answer 7

Thank you so much!

2. Which describes one reason for the end of long cattle drives?

A.
Demand for beef declined drastically in the years after the Civil War.

B.
Cowboys became dissatisfied with low wages and went on strike.

C.
As homesteaders moved into areas along cattle trails, they fenced their farms.

D.
Cattle were forced off the prairie by enormous herds of buffalo.
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Answer 8

A

Answer 9

3. Which group of people on the Great Plains benefited most from the invention of barbed wire?

A.
farmers

B.
Native Americans

C.
railroad workers

D.
cowboys

Answer 10

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Answer 11

I already know that one actually

Answer 12

Which phrase best describes the Chisholm Trail?

A.
a path used by gold miners moving into the Black Hills

B.
a track Mexican immigrants followed north into Texas

C.
a popular cattle drive route in the years after the Civil War

D.
an overland path for settlers heading to the Northwest
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Answer 13

Lol D

Answer 14

D was for the previous one

Answer 15

C

Answer 16

I live by Chisholm

Answer 17

Cool! Thank you so much for your help!! I'll fan and medal! @Abby101 May I ask a few more?

Answer 18

Go ahead (: I like doing this

Answer 19

5. Which describes a major challenge facing the builders of the transcontinental railroad?

A.
spanning the Grand Canyon

B.
bridging the Rio Grande River

C.
tunneling under Lake Erie

D.
crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains
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Answer 20

D

Answer 21

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Which were results of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
The railroad opened up the Great Plains and the West Coast to waves of new immigrants from Europe.

B.
Railroad owners Leland Stanford and Thomas Durant were convicted of bribery and sent to prison.

C.
When the line was completed, Americans were so pleased that they reelected President Lincoln for a second term.

D.
The rail line crossed long-established Native American trails and disturbed buffalo-hunting grounds.

Answer 22

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Answer 23

C and A