Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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Created by

Megan Barlow

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What best describes a major challenge faced by the railroad builders on the Great Plains?

beautiful weather

conflict with Chinese Immigrants

buffalo

harsh weather

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which innovation allowed people to travel across the country in just 10 days? (completed in 1869)

The Stagecoach

The Pony Express

The Transcontinental Railroad

Morse Code

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did many Exodusters move west?

European immigrants forced them from their homes in the east

They wanted to hunt Buffalo

African Americans faced discrimination in the south

They were seeking religious freedom

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an economic reason people moved out west?

farming and ranching

factory work

fur trading and mining

no restrictions on land

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Transcontinental Railroad positively impacted the development of the west by fostering

gold and silver

trade and economic growth

pollution and waste

discrimination and prejudice

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Transcontinental Railroad transported products from farms in the ________ to the markets in the ________.

North, South

East, West

South, North

West, East

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new technology was used to bust through the hard packed sod of the Great Plains?

Barbed wire

Steal plow

Mechanical reaper

Windmill

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