Westward Expansion

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 

• Monroe Doctrine 

• Great Awakening 

• Louisiana Purchase

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains

• crossing rivers

• the great plains

• all of the above

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supplies and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

What is the Pony Express?

• The name of a horse

• A new town

• A way to deliver mail

• A horse race

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

• Indian Removal Act

• Civillization ACt 

• Manifest Destiny Act

• Indian Territory Act

Which territory did we buy from France that doubled the size of our nation?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Oregon

• California

In which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• Oregon

• California

What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to California in search for gold?

• The Gold Rush

• The Gold Movement

• Goldilocks

• Gold Gathering

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

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Missouri Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.