Westward Expansion EF qui

Railroad builders and early travelers to the west found it difficult due to

• vast Great Plains

• snow covered Rocky Mountains

• deserts of the Great Basin

• rugged Sierra Nevada mountains

• all of these

In 1862, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads began building a ________________________ to link the Eastern and Western United States.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Sod houses

• interstate systems

• runways for airplanes

How did the Transcontinental railroad affected development of the West?

• it was easier and less expensive to travel

• it increased trade from the East to the West

• it encouraged more people to move west.

• all of the above

• none of these

Who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• former Civil War soldiers, free African Americans, and Irish, German, and Chinese immigrants

• Native Americans and free African Americans

• Nazis, Japanese, and migrant workers

• none of these

Whose lives were changed by bringing more settlers to their homelands and destroying their game?

• Native Americans

• German Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• former Civil War soldiers

Where did the government decided to resettle Native Americans in hopes that the Native Americans would give up hunting and become farmer?

• interment camps

• Great Plains

• reservations

• concentration camps

In 1868, the Lakota leaders signed a treaty with the United States to create the Great Lakota Reservation. Where was this land?

• The Great Plains

• The Black Hills

• The Rocky Mountains

• South Carolina

Who led the Seventh Calvary’s mission to defeat the Lakota and force them onto a new reservation?

• General George Custer

• Gen MacAuthur

• Robert E Lee

• Teddy Roosevelt

Who helped lead the Lakota to victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn, which was the biggest victory Native Americans ever won against United States forces; it led to the end of freedom for Native Americans.

• Geronimo

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

• none of these

What gave 160 acres of land on the Great Plains to any adult man or widow who would pay a small fee and farm the land for five years to encouraged settlement in the West?

• The Stamp Act

• The Land- Lease agreement

• The Homestead Act

• The Transcontinental Railroad