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Westward Expansion

Authored by Timothy Reidy

History

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were many Americans moving out West?

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What would make the best title for this image?

Monroe Doctrine
The Industrial Revolution
Attack of the 50 foot Woman
Manifest Destiny

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

the amount of bison did not change
the amount of bison decreased
the amount of bison increased
bison migrated east

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