Westward Expansion Review 1

How did most travelers move out west?

• by railroad

• by airplane

• by covered wagon

• by dogseld

Which letter shoes the Rocky Mountains?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which letter shows the Mississippi River?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What made it easier and faster to travel west?

• transcontinental railroad

• covered wagon

• planes

• dog sleds

What were some obstacles travelers faced as they moved west?

• fording multiple rivers

• enduring extreme weather

• crossing the Rocky Mountains

• All of the above

Because of heavy winters and spring rains, what was difficult to cross?

• the Snake River

• The Grand Canyon

• The Great Desert

• the Rocky Mountains

What were some new farming inventions that helped farmers and ranchers?

• steel plow

• mechanical reaper

• barbed wire

• refrigerated cars

• All of these

Which group was most impacted by the destruction of buffalo?

• railroad companies

• buffalo hunters

• Native Americans

• pioneers

How did railroad help farming?

• Smoke from the engines damaged crops

• Shipping crops grown in the west to the east was easier

• Railroad construction destroyed much of the land used for agricultural

• Railroads helped spread different types of crops to different areas

Who came to the west to build the railroad?

• Chinese

• Native Americans

• women

• children