Westward Expansion Test

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

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 NA had

What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?

• A. the gold runs out in the local mine

• B. the railroad moves its station away from the town

• A & B

• none of the above

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?

• food
• wealth
• land
• a new beginning and freedom

What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?

• bean picker
• barbed wire
• steel plow
• windmills 

Transcontinental means.....

• Going across the continent
• Crossing the river
• Crossing a state

Why did ranchers drive their cattle north?

• warmer weather
• cooler weather
• over population in texas
• railroad access

What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?

• Cities grew with railroad expansion
• American Indians removed to reservations
• Cotton became the number one industry in Texas
• Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train