Westward Expansion Intro

Which area was most difficult to cross while heading west?

• rivers
• Rocky Mountains 
• Utah
• California

Where were the Rocky Mountains located?

• East Coast
• West Coast

What obstacle did NOT hinder pioneers' travel to the west?

• climate
• fertile soil
• rivers
• rugged terrain

What were the major river systems that settlers had to cross?

• Colorado, Columbia, Mississippi, Snake
• Colorado, Columbia, Mississippi, Ohio
• Colorado, Columbia, Mississippi, Rio Grande
• Colorado, Columbia, Mississippi, Waccamaw

Which group had conflict with farmers because of barbed wire fences?

• chinese immigrants
• cowboys and ranchers
• mexican americans
• miners and prospectors

Why were treaties between Native Americans and the US government not honored?

• Native Americans broke their promises
• Chinese immigrants sided with the US
• gold was found on reservations 
• reservations had fertile farmland

I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.

• African American
• European Immigrant
• Mexican American
• Asian Immigrant

What is the Pony Express?

• The name of a horse
• A new town
• A way to deliver mail
• A horse race

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west