The West

Native Americans in the Plains region were eventually forced onto reservations as a result of the Frontier Wars.

• True
• False

In general, the Frontier Wars had a positive effect on the Native Americans.

• True
• False

The purpose of a cattle drive was to get the cattle to a town that had 

• a ranch.
• meat markets.
• a railroad.
• a slaughter house.

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad.
• Central Pacific Railroad.
• Missouri Railroad.
• Transcontinental Railroad.

People who search for gold, silver, and other minerals are called

• farmers.
• ranchers.
• geologists.
• prospectors.

Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

• steel plow
• reaper
• windmill
• barbed wire

The transcontinental railroad joined together where?

• Denver, Colorado
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Promontory Point, Utah
• Carson City, Nevada

The Gold Rush caused a huge ______ of pioneers to California in 1849 with the discovery of gold. 

• transcontinental 
• pioneer
• migration 
• treaty 

The __________ railroad traveled through many miles of the United States during Westward Expansion. 

• underground 
• transcontinental 
• Lewis and Clark 
• Westward Expansion 

Which of the following was not an area of conflict between American Indians and European explorers and settlers?

• land
• farming techniques
• disease
• competition for trade