Westward Expansion Review

This railroad stretched across the country from east to west.

• Intercontinental

• Transcontinental

• Post continental

• Pre-continental

Nomads move from place to place in search of food.

• True

• False

Native Americans used the buffalo for

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

• All of the Above

Areas of land that the U.S. government forced Native Americans to go to in the late 1800's were known as

• schools

• cow towns

• reservations

This act tried to promote farming on the Great Plains.

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• All of the above

In the 1850s people came to the Rocky Mountains to

• Mine gold and silver

• Climb Pikes Peak

• Hunt

Why did miners leave an area?

• to begin farming

• the gold and silver were gone

• threats from Native Americans

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.