Westward Expansion Review

Which of the following could deliver mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days?

• telegraph
• the Pony Express
• the stagecoach
• a wagon train

Which of these is a challenge faced by the Union Pacific railroad?

• it had to build through the Sierra Nevada mountains
• conflict with Native Americans
• problems with the Chinese Americans
• the government di dnot want the Union Pacific to build a railroad

Which of these was NOT a challenge faced by homesteaders?

• the land was expensive
• there were grasshopper invasions
• the weather was very difficult to deal with
• they had to break through thick sod in order to plant crops

Why did the cattle drives come to an end?

• Many of the cattle ranchers decided to go look for gold
• People did not want to buy cattle anymore
• Farmers raised their own cattle, so cattle drives were no longer needed
• Railroads were built in Texas, so the cattle could be transported by train instead of a cattle drive

What were the "gold rushers" called who went to California in the mid 1800's?

• forty-niners
• exodusters
• homesteaders
• sodbusters

What could a pioneer lose if they only lived on their "homestead" for 4 years?

• 100 dollars
• being able to become a cowboy
• their American citizenship
• 160 acres of land

Why did the homesteaders on the Great Plains like the invention of barbed wire?

• to show where their land was
• wooden fences were not sturdy enough
• to keep cattle from the cattle drives off their land
• they needed it to farm

Where did the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific meet and put down the golden spike?

• Sutter's Mill
• Promontory Point, Utah
• Abilene, Texas
• Sacramento, California

What is the name of the grass-covered dirt used in building homes?

• sod
• bricks
• hay
• prairie

How did Cattle drives help the economy of Texas?

• People paid to watch the cattle drives.
• people in the East paid more for the cattle because they had a scarcity
• The cowboys did not get paid
• People in Texas paid more for cattle than the people in the East