Westward expansion 5-2.1 Quiz Review

Pioneers traveling West experienced all of the following difficulties EXCEPT . . . 

• Mountain trails that were sometimes  impassible
• Crossing major rivers like the Mississippi
• Snow in Winter and mud in Spring
• Paved roads

Settlers on the Great Plains experienced all of the following difficulties EXCEPT . . . 

• crop damage from tornadoes, early snow, or late spring hailstorms
• fertile soil
• hot dry summers that caused fires, drought, and dust stomrs
• crop damage from insects

Travelers going west traveled  . . . 

• using trails created by Native Americans
• using guidebooks written by explorers and mountainment
• on the Transcontinental Railroad after the Civil War
• All of these

Great Plains farmers that had to bust through the top layer of soil in order to plant crops

• sodbuster

• ranchers

• Native Americans

• pioneers

a new technology developed to bring water to the surface of the ground

• windmill

• dry farming

• barbed wire

• steel plow

Created the trails that pioneers followed

• pioneers

• Native Americans

• sodbusters

• gold miners

a new technology developed to keep animals out of farmers’ crops

• steel plow

• windmill

• Russian wheat seeds

• barbed wire

What city was referred to as the "Gateway to the West"? Nicodemus, Kansas St. Louis, Missouri San Francisco, California Omaha, Nebraska

• Omaha, Nebraska

• San Francisco, California

• Nicodemus, Kansas

• St. Louis, Missouri

Which group came to the Great Plains to settle permanently?

• fur traders and miners

• ranchers and farmers

• railroad workers

Why did pioneers initially skip over the Great Plains?

• They did not want to be farmers

• Because of its flat, dry land they did not realize its agricultural potential

• They wanted to travel further to the West Coast.