Westward Expansion - 8th Grade Adriana

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders

What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby? 

• Rush towns
• Cities of gold
• Boomtowns
• Ghost towns

What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 

• Gold sifting
• Dirt panning
• Panning for gold
• Pan searching

How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?

• the amount of buffalo did not change

• the amount of buffalo decreased

• the amount of buffalo increased

• buffalo migrated east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

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

The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.

• north and south

• east and west

• north and west

• east and south

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What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

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