Westward Expansion 19

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

How were the Native Americans economically affected by displacement?

• They profited from gold found on their reservations

• Their families were separated from their children

• They lived comfortably on reservations

• Many suffered from poverty and starvation

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

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

How did most people travel to the west?

• Boat
• Horseback
• Car
• Covered Wagon

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What types of weather hazards did pioneers face? 

• Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts 
• Sickness or disease
• Fights with Native Americans
• Spring floods, winter snows, and tornadoes

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

• Go to war with Native Americans
• Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
• Establish the sharecropping system
• Make peace with the Native Americans

Which resource primarily drew pioneers to California?

• Wheat

• Gold

• Corn

• Copper

Who were the people that traveled west in search of wealth and new land?

• Pioneers

• The British

• Native Americans

• privateers