Westward Expansion Test

Who were African Americans who moved to the Great Plains because they had been treated badly in the East?

• exodusters
• homesteaders
• sodbusters
• pioneers

What invention used electricity to send news across the country?

• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The Pony Express
• The Telegraph

What invention allowed people and goods to travel across the country in just a week?

• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The pony express
• The telegraph

Which group of people made up the largest part of the Central Pacific's workforce?

• African Americans
• Native Americans
• Chinese

What was a major challenge faced by the Union Pacific Railroad?

• Running out of money
• The mountains
• Fights with Native Americans

How did cattle drives help Texas ranchers make money?

• The ranchers were able to sell the cattle to cities in the east for money.
• The cattle helped ranchers do work on the farm.
• Ranchers were able to ride the cattle like horses.

Why did cattle drives come to an end?

• The cows eventually died due to a very cold winter.
• People in the East started getting their cows from somewhere else.
• Railroads were built into Texas, which carried the cows East.

What happened at Custer's Last Stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Custer killed all of the Lakota Indians.
• Custer and Sitting Bull made an agreement that the Native Americans Could have their land.
• Custer was killed, along with his entire force.

- area of land set aside for Native Americans.

• Reservation
• Exoduster
• Pony Express
• Gold Rush

-African American pioneer

• Pony Express
• Reservation
• Exoduster
• Homesteader