Westward Expansion

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List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west: mountains, crossing rivers, the great plains.

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all of the above

Front

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

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the amount of bison decreased

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What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

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the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

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Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans? NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty, NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers, NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills, NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

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NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

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How were the Native Americans economically affected by displacement?

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Many suffered from poverty and starvation

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What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad? Options: Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers, Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy, Polluted the air and the natural environment, All of the above

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All of the above

Front

Who is likely to be paid less than white workers while working on the Transcontinental Railroad in America?

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Asian Immigrant

Front

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American continent was known as

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Manifest Destiny

Front

Which best describes Manifest Destiny? Options: Caused everyone to get along better, expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Idea started in the 1600s, The king said that we had to the right to move west

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expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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What group faced discrimination while building the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Irish Immigrants