Westward Expansion: TC RR & Effect of Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion:

Transcontinental Railroad &

Effects of Westward Expansion

Part 4

Multiple Choice

The US began building the Transcontinental Railroad to connect

• the East Coast with the West Coast

• the North with the South

• The US, Canada, and Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a result of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It decreased the travel time from East to West

• It allowed ease of movement for people

• Goods were distributed more quickly

• All of the above

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a negative effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Native American land was divided by the railroad

• People settled on Native American lands

• Native Americans were given a share of the railroad

• Hunters destroyed the Bison that Native Americans relied on

• Chinese workers were paid lower wages than white workers

Multiple Choice

African-American settlers founded this town during Westward expansion.

• Promontory, Utah

• Nicodemus, Kansas

• San Francisco, California

• San Antonio, Texas

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which allowed the US to

• force Mexico to give up their land

• force France to give up the Louisiana Territory

• force Native Americans to be removed from their land

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court decided the US could not forcefully remove Native Americans from their land.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court decision and forced the removal of Native Americans in what is known as

• The Trail of Doom

• The Trail of Devestation

• The Trail of Sadness

• The Trail of Tears

Multiple Choice

More than _______ Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.

• 4,000

• 5,000

• 3,000

• 1,000

Multiple Choice

A dispute between the __________ &________ over the border between the 2 countries.

• US; France

• US; Native Americans

• US; Mexico

Multiple Choice

Under the _________, Mexico had to give up 55% of its territory.

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Multiple Select

The US gained territory from Mexico that included

• California

• Nevada

• Missouri

• Utah

Multiple Choice

The issue of slavery was resolved during

Westward expansion.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As new states formed, tension between free and slave states began to

• rise

• decline

Multiple Choice

The tension that happened between whether or not a state would have slavery or be free eventually caused the

• Great War

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War