Westward Expansion

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

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

• Europe
• The south
• Asia
• The west

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

• Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
• Morse code
• Internet
• Hydroelectricity

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

• It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
• It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
• It transported Native Americans to the west. 
•  It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Who cooperated to develop the cattle industry?

• Ranchers and cowboys
• Mexican Americans and Irish Americans
• Farmers and Townspeople
• Native Americans and pioneers

What invention changed farming and cattle drives during Westward Expansion?

• Steel plow
• Windmills
• Mechanical reaper
• Barbed wire

What was the name of the group of African Americans that settled in Nicodemus, Kansas? 

• Missionaries
• Carpetbaggers
• Scalawags
• Exodusters

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Mexican Americans and Native Americans
• Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
• African Americans and European immigrants
• Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants 

The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• the Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• The Jackson Action

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A town whose population grows very quickly is called a ____________.

• Pop town
• Fast  town
• Boomtown