Westward Expansion

What was the main reason Native Americans resisted settlement of the West?

• did not want to be farmers and ranchers
• did not support the building of railroads
• did not want to lose their land
• wanted to discover gold and silver

Why did many Americans and immigrants move west after the Civil War?

• to work as cowhands
• to own land
• to fight Native Americans
• to live in California

What did most settlers in the West do for a living?

• hunt buffalo
• work in factories
• farm and ranch
• fight Native Americans

The purchase of this land was considered to be foolish by many Americans.

• Hawaii
• Alaska
• California
• New Mexico

Many of the settlers on the Great Plains built ____homes

• log
• stone
• sod
• brick

The settlement of the West forced many ____ onto reservations.

• buffalo
• Native Americans
• homesteaders
• immigrants

How did cattle raised by Texas ranchers get to market in the 1800's.

• by long drives and railroads
• by long drives and ships
• through New Orleans
• by ships

The ____ connected the eastern and westerns parts of the United States.

• Great Plains
• Reservations
• Native Americans
• Transcontinental Railroad

What technology helped settlers adapt to life on the Great Plains?

• cotton gin and Model T
• windmill and steel plow

Native Americans living on the Great Plains were greatly affected by the loss of the ____.

• cattle
• deer
• buffalo
• sheep