American West

How did Congress support construction of the transcontinental railroad?

• By providing vigilantes
• By promoting an open-range system
• By providing land grants
• By passing the Homestead Act

Who were the "Exodusters"?

• Mexican Americans who fled after the Mexican-American War
• African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction
• Chinese Americans who fled the North after the Gold Rush
• Native Americans who fled the East after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years?

• the Homestead Act
• the Morrill Land Grant Act
• the Indian Removal Act
• the Dawes Act

The discovery of the Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, public land was set aside f or which purpose?

• ranching
• mining
• fishing
• railroads

Around what city was the original Western gold rush of 1848?

• San Francisco, California
• Pike's Peak, Colorado
• San Diego, California
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota

What term describes the thought that Americans had the right to expand our influence from the Atlantic to the Pacific due to our advanced culture?

• Manifest Destiny
• Gilded Age
• Progressivism
• Reconstruction

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

• the amount of bison did not change
• the amount of bison decreased
• the amount of bison increased
• bison migrated east

The transcontinental railroad met at Promontory Point, Utah.

• false
• true

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

How are women impacted by moving west?

• They are able to buy and own land for the first time.
• With land ownership, women can vote.
• Women made millions in the gold mining.
• The west was too frightening a place, so women stayed on the east coast.