Transcontinental railroad

In what way did mountain men and trappers prepare the West for settlement?

• They paved road throughout the West

• They killed most of the dangerous animals

• they mapped trails and helped build forts

• None of the above

• All of the above

Place the following events in sequence: A) The U.S. acquires California from Mexico; B) The Louisiana Purchase; C) Oregon becomes a state

• BAC

• CAB

What can you infer about how Mormons were treated in the West?

• They were respected for their piety

• They were an unpopular minority group

• None of the above

• All of the above

What was the most common way for white settlers to travel the Oregon Trail?

• by covered wagon

• by foot

• by train

• on horseback

• none of the above

What was the biggest danger faced by travelers on the Oregon Trail?

• Buffalo

• American Indian attacks

• grizzly bears

• disease

• all of the above

If you were an American Indian leader, and you refused to move off of your land, what's the most likely thing that would happen to you?

• The US government would leave you alone

• American soldiers would show up and force you to move

• Your land would be declared an Indian reservation

• All of the above

Which expression best explains why pioneers traveled in wagon trains?

• Safety in numbers

• Waste not, Want not

• too many cooks spoil the broth

• none of the above

Homesteading laws were designed to attract which of the following groups?

• gold miners

• farmers

• none of the above

• all of the above

How might a believer in Manifest Destiny feel about American Indians?

• That Indians were a key part of American society

• Indians were standing in the way of progress

• none of the above

• all of the above

The first roads and rail lines in the US were in the

• West

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• All of the above