Westward Expansion quiz #1 (2018)

Which group was recruited to help build the Transcontinental Railroad from the east to west?

• Irish

• Chinese

• African Americans

• Native Americans

Which group was recruited to help build the Transcontinental Railroad from the west to east?

• Chinese

• Irish

• Native Americans

• African Americans

How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect trade in our country?

• It made it possible to ship crops grown and animals raised in the west to markets in the east.

• It made it possible for farmers to plow the hard ground.

• It helped the Irish and Chinese learn to work together.

• The cowboys and ranchers were able to travel across the country more quickly.

Which of the following was NOT a way of pioneers traveled during Westward Expansion?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Wagon
• Horse
• Buffalo

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Provided a way of travel
• Attracted new settlers
• Transported goods
• Helped Native American way of life

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

This is where the Union and Pacific railroads met.

• Promontory Point
• Sand Creek
• Little Bighorn
• Wounded Knee

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 promise?

• 160 acres of free farm land
• a good job
• a beautiful house
• lakeside property

Most people who went west as homesteaders were 

• farmers 
• miners
• storekeepers
• doctors

The group responsible for the large scale destruction of the buffalo on the American frontier was

• US Army
• Railroad companies
• Gold miners 
• Cattle ranchers