Westward Expansion Review

The climate of the Great Plains has _____

• low rainfall and frequent dust storms

• mild winters and cool summers

• frequent thunderstorms that often lead to flooding

• extreme heat throughout the year

During the westward expansion of America, most Americans Indians were forced to _____

• join the U.S. cavalry

• relocate to reservations

• work on the construction of new railroads

• work on their traditional homelands for profit

Which American Indian leader led the Nez Perce from their traditional homelands towards Canada?

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

• Geronimo

• squanto

What physical feature made the Great Plains ideal for cattle farming?

• Large rivers

• Abundant trees

• Rolling hills

• Open grasslands

Westward expansion had the most negative effect on which group of people?

• European immigrants

• African Americans

• American Indians

• Southern farmers

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a "treeless wasteland" but as ___

• a vast area to be settled

• land for Indian reservations

• an area to relocate all new immigrants

• the site for a new national park

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the increase in westward expansion?

• opportunities for land ownership

• desire for adventure

• possibility of obtaining wealth

• industrial jobs

The steel plow is to farming as barbed wire is to___

• transportation

• beef cattle raising

• manufacturing

• mining

The land of the Great Plains can BEST be described as ..

• marsh and swamp drained by westward flowing rivers

• forested hills running north and south

• tall mountains and narrow valleys

• flat lands rising gradually east to west

Which of these items is NOT an invention or adaptation which improved life on the Great Plains?

• barbed wire

• steel plow

• steamboat

• windmill