Westward Expansion

How did most people travel to the west?

• Boat
• Horseback
• Car
• Covered Wagon

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 animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

• Snakes
• Mountain lions
• Bison
• Locusts

What were Boom Towns?

• Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
• Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
• Towns where dynamite was found
• Towns where loud sounds were often heard.

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

Why were many Americans moving out West?

• To be with their families 
• Better weather conditions
• Good, cheap farmland

Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?

• To strike it rich
• To sell tools 

Where did the Oregon Trail begin?

• Independence, Missouri 
• Oregon City, Oregon
• Rocky Mountains 

What replaced slavery in the south after the Civil War

• Tenant Farming
• Sharecropping
• Slavery