Westward Expansion Review

The idea that the US was meant to own the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• American Progress
• Manifest Destiny
• Westward Expansion
• Indian Removal Plan

This group of people immigrated to the U.S. from Asia and helped to build the Transcontinental Railroad in the West

• Japanese
• Chinese
• African-Americans
• Irish

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise
• The Homestead Neighborhood
• The Homestead Act of 1862
• The Homestead farmland

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

Which of these was 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

This group played a large role in building the Transcontinental Railroad for the Union Pacific

• Native Americans
• Irish immigrants
• Chinese immigrants
• African Americans

Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn known as "Custer's Last Stand"?

• Custer was killed along with his entire force.
• Custer surrendered to the Lakotas.
• Custer and his forces won the battle and took the Lakotas to a reservation.
• Custer quit the army after the battle.

What is a reservation?

• A sudden movement of people to an area where gold is found
• Land set aside by the government for Native Americans
• A vast region of dry grassland in the middle of the country
• A railroad that crosses a continent

During the 1800s people flocked to the west in search of gold. They often created towns near gold mines. What was the name given to these towns?

• Boom Towns
• ghost towns
• plantations
• shantytowns

Homesteaders

• people who claimed land under the Homestead Act
• a pioneer who moved from place to place
• a person who cut through sod before planting crops
• a person who starts a business