Americans Move West

Which group wanted to gain 160 acres of land to farm in the West?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Chinese

• Cowboys

• Miners

Which group wanted to gain quick wealth in the boom towns of the West?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Miners

• Cowboys

• Exodusters

Which career gave opportunities for diverse groups to gain money moving cattle to rail stops?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Miners

• Cowboys

• Chinese

Which group wanted to escape racial discrimination in the South by moving West to farm?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Miners

• Exodusters

• Chinese

Which group was forced onto reservations that lacked federal support?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Miners

• Exodusters

• Chinese

Which group wanted to gain employment by working on the transcontinental railroad?

• Native Americans

• Homesteaders

• Miners

• Exodusters

• Chinese

Which group wanted to gain more rights in the West, such as land and business ownership?

• Native Americans

• Women

• Miners

• Homesteaders

• Chinese

Which group was forced to live in ethnic communities and eventually excluded from immigration?

• Native Americans

• Women

• Miners

• Homesteaders

• Chinese

Which group created farms in the West and whole communities for former slaves?

• Native Americans

• Women

• Exodusters

• Homesteaders

• Chinese

Which group abandoned lawless towns throughout the West on a search for wealth?

• Miners

• Women

• Exodusters

• Homesteaders

• Chinese