Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

KG - University

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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It was difficult to travel west because of the geography of the land. What did the pioneers have to travel through?

 mountains
deserts
across rivers
all of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The ______________ was built to unite the eastern part of the US to the western United States.

Transcontinental Railroad
airplane
highways
automobile

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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El __________________ construyó el ferrocarril hacia el oeste desde Misuri hasta Utah.

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The _________________ built the railroad east from California to Utah having to cross mountainous regions.

Union Pacific
Central Pacific

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Coolies, or _______________ immigrants worked on the Transcontinental Railroad. They were treated unfairly and were often paid less than other workers.

ex-Confederate Soldiers
Irish
Chinese

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect development of the West?

It was easier and less expensive to travel.
It increased trade from the East and the West.
It encouraged more people to move west.
all of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Native Americans lived in the Great Plains making it difficult to lay the railroad tracks. How did the United States government deal with this problem?

They fined the Native Americans.
They moved them to reservations.
They told them "get over it" and continued to lay the tracks.
They did nothing.

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