Westward Expansion - 5th Grade

The Homestead Act was _________.

• A law moving Native Americans to Reservations

• A law offering inexpensive land to settlers moving west

• A law creating segregation in the west

• A law allowing all male citizens to vote

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

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east
• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?

• bean picker
• barbed wire
• steel plow
• windmills 

Something was discovered in California is 1848 that made many people want to go there. What was it?

• diamonds

• silver

• cash

• gold

At first settlers skipped over the Great Plains and settled on the West Coast. Why were the Great Plains not considered a good place to settle?

• It was too dry to easily grow crops.

• There were too many trees to cut down.

• The area was already overcrowded.

• The land was too expensive.

What letter marks the Rocky Mountains on this map?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What major advancement in travel is pictured in this map?

• the transcontinental railroad

• the first interstate highway

• the Erie Canal

• the Santa Fe Trail

How did the transcontinental railroad impact western settlement?

• it led to more people from California moving to the East.

• It made travel easier for those who could afford it.

• It did not help people moving west because the routes went from north to south.

• It made it more difficult to find jobs and economic opportunity in the West.

Which title would best complete this chart?

• New Farming Techniques in the South

• Inventions to Help Farmers and Ranchers on the Great Plains

• Important American Exports

• Inventions by Immigrants to the US