Chapter 5: The U.S. West of Mississippi River

Annexed means

• outlawed
• take control over
• westward expansion
• Texas

Which side of the U.S. is larger, east or west of the Mississippi?

• East
• West

Seward's Folly was the name given to the purchase of what state?

• Arkansas
• Arizona
• Alaska
• Alabama

dry wind that blows over the Great Plains

• cordillera
• irrigation
• deserts
• chinook

process by which water is supplied to dry land

• cordillera
• irrigation
• chinook
• ethanol

Tepees were the best type of housing for what type of people?

• Cherokee people
• Pueblo people
• Navajo people
• Nomadic Plains people

Lands that were often located in areas with poor soil and set aside for Native Americans are called what?

• Restaurants
• Reservations
• Plantations
• Restoration

Settlers traveled on the Oregon Trail to reach what state?

• Utah
• Oregon
• Washington
• California

What did Manifest Destiny help to promote?

• Louisiana Purchase
• Westward Expansion
• Indian Removal
• Seward's Folly

What enabled ranchers to send their cattle east where meatpacking companies turned the animals into meat that could be sold in growing eastern cities?

• Railroads
• Subways
• Cattle Drives
• Reservations