Western Frontier

​Native Americans
First People of the Plains
Hunted Buffalo for food
Nomadic
Sent to live on Reservations

Multiple Choice

What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

• All of the above

​Settling the West
Boomtowns - Virginia City, Nevada
Transcontinental rail lines
Completed in 1869
Homestead Act - 160 Acres

Multiple Choice

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

• Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

• Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

• Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

Multiple Choice

Why were people rushing to California in 1849?

• Wagons

• The Homestead Act

• Gold

• Shovels

Multiple Choice

Transcontinental means...

• across the U.S.A.

• over the U.S.A.

• near the U.S.A.

• beside the U.S.A.

Multiple Choice

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

• north and south

• east and west

• north and west

• east and south

Multiple Choice

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.

• 1865

• 1867

• 1869

• 1871

Multiple Choice

The US government removed Native Americans from their native land, forcing them onto ________________________.

• Reservations

• Resorts

• Great Plains

• the East Coast

Multiple Choice

What caused the Indian Wars to begin?

• The Native Americans were angry about settlers cutting down all the trees to build houses and fences.

• The Native Americans were angry about the price of train tickets.

• The Native Americans were angry about losing their territory.

• The Native Americans were angry about not being paid by railroad bosses.

Multiple Choice

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

• Native Americans

• Immigrants

• Chinese

• Settlers

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason cattle trails ended?

• harsh winter

• airplanes

• drought

• mudslides

Chisholm Trail🡪
Joseph McCoy
started trail route

from Abilene,
Kansas to San
Antonio, Texas

Multiple Choice

Texas cattle ranchers would move cattle along this route from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. 

• Kitty Hawk, NC

• Chisholm Trail

• Pearl Harbor, HI

• Chicago, IL

Multiple Choice

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

• the amount of buffalo did not change

• the amount of buffalo decreased

• the amount of buffalo increased

• buffalo migrated east

Multiple Choice

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Natives move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and took away precious resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Natives had

Multiple Choice

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• The Great Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Fever

• The Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

• east

• Towns

• Reservations

• Camps

Multiple Choice

What are some climate issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

• Animals

• No food 

• Wagon trains

• Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

Multiple Choice

What government grant gave 160 acres of land to pioneers to farm for 5 years?

• New Land Act

• Homestead Act

• Free Land Act

• Welcome Home Act

Multiple Choice

What caused a rush of people to California? 

• Immigration to Mexico

• Gold

• Silver

• Farmland

Multiple Choice

what vast land of area is located on this map?

• The east

• the central west

• western plateau

• Great Plains