Westward Expansion

Why were the Black Hills important to the Lakota?

• There was gold in the hills

• The area had religious meaning

• Plants there had healing properties

• The forests were an important resource

Which group face challenges such as bad weather, attacks from Native Americans, angry farmers, and deep rivers?

• Sooners

• Gold miners

• Homesteaders

• Cowboys

Which of the following grew as more mineral deposits were discovered and people flocked to the West?

• Boomtowns

• The Frontier

• Ghost Towns

• The Chisholm Trail

Who were Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse?

• Lakota Chiefs

• Iroquois braves

• members of the Hopi tribes

• scouts who helped the US Army

The Goodnight-Loving Trail is famous for what reason?

• it is a set of roads used by US Soldiers

• it is a name for the Northern Territories

• it is a famous cattle drive route

• it is a popular cowboy ranch

Identify the major challenge of building the Central Pacific Railroad.

• crossing the Rio Grande

• tunneling through mountains

• going around the Grand Canyon

• passing through flooded prairie lands

Which animal provided the Native Americans on the Great Plains with food, shelter, clothing, and tools?

• prairie ponies

• wild cattle

• buffalo

• deer

By how much did the Native Americans outnumber the US Soldiers at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• ten to one

• five to one

• four to one

• eight to one

Which group believed that land could not be owned?

• Chinese immigrants

• Native Americans

• Custer's troops

• Settlers

The idea that the United States should rule from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean was known as

• Poverty

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Manifest Destiny

• Cattle Drives