Westward Expansion Test Prep

What geographical obstacles did pioneers face while moving west?

• Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts  
• Sickness or disease 
• Fighting with Native Americans 
• Bad weather or storms

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

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

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

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

• Snakes
• Mountain lions
• Bison
• Locusts

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

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 

A ______________ is a new settler to a region.

• Parent

• Gold Miner

• Carpetbagger

• Pioneer