Westward Expansion

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 city became known as the “Gateway to the west”?

• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Atlanta, Georgia
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Nicodemus, Kansas

What major river systems had to be crossed in order to move west? 

• Snake River, Mississippi River, Columbia River, Missouri River
• Nile River
• Amazon River
• Rio Grande

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

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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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.

Why were the people that moved to California for the gold rush called "forty niners"?

• There were 49 hundred of them

• Most of them moved there in 1849

• They traveled 49 miles to get to California

• They're fans of the football team.

How many people traveled to California in search for gold?

• 300,000

• 15,000

• 1,000,000

• 400,000

Where did the Oregon Trail begin?

• Independence, Missouri

• Oregon City, Oregon

• Lincoln, Nebraska

• St. Louis, Missouri

How long did the Oregon Trail take to travel?

• 6 months

• One year

• 10 months

• 8 months