Westward Expansion Review

Manifest Destiny is best described as which of the following?

• The belief that Native Americans did not deserve their land.
• The belief that the U.S. should expand North.
• The belief that the U.S. was meant to grow larger and richer.
• The belief that the North and South should stop fighting.

Why was the transcontinental railroad built?

• to carry tons of gold to cities
• to connect Canada to Mexico
• to provide a faster route from East to West
• to transport immigrants to California

How did the U.S. government often handle treaties with the Native Americans?

• They never made treaties.
• They broke treaties.
• They refused to sign treaties.
• They honored all treaties.

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

A _____________ was a place where the population grows very quickly.

• wagon train
• boomtown
• Underground Railroad
• building full of dynamite

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

• the amount of bison did not change
• the amount of bison decreased
• the amount of bison increased
• bison migrated east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east
• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

How were the Native Americans economically affected by displacement?

• NA profited from gold found on their reservations
• NA families were separated from their children
• NA lived comfortably on reservations
• Many NA suffered from poverty and starvation

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this lef to poverty
• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated 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

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• 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