Westward Expansion

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

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

• Transcontinental Railroad
• airplane
• highways
• automobile

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

• Central Pacific

• Union Pacific

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

• Union Pacific
• Central Pacific

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

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

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.

The Lakota were moved to the Black Hills in South Dakota, but when gold was found, the United States wanted to move them again. The Lakota didn't give up without a fight. Crazy Horse led the Lakota to victory in ______________________. It was the greatest battle won by the Native Americans. 

• The Battle of Little Bighorn
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Spanish-American War
• The Battle of Crazy Horse

The ______________________ gave land to any adult man or widowed woman for $10 if they promised to farm the land for 5 years. This encouraged the settlement of the West.

• soddies
• homesteaders
• Homestead Act
• 16th Amendment

Homesteaders on the Great Plains also became known as ________________ because they had to work hard to make the thick soil suitable for planting their crops.

• soddies
• sod busters
• cowboys
• farmers