USII.4A – WESTWARD EXPANSION

After the Gold Rush of 1849, people dreamed of a faster, cheaper, and safer way to travel west. What new technology of the 1800's made this dream a reality?

• Pony Express
• Stagecoach
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Wagon Trains

What most likely attracted the people in this picture to this place?

• The promise of jobs
• Free land offered by the Homestead Act of 1862
• Freedom from Indian attacks
• Freedom from slavery

-Opportunities to own land
-New opportunities for former slaves
-Advances in technology, including the Transcontinental Railroad
-Provided new adventures
What would be the best title for the graphic?

• Reasons for the transatlantic railroad
• Reasons for westward expansion
• Reasons for the Civil War
• Reasons for buying the Louisiana Territory

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 was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?

• the gold runs out in the local mine
• the railroad moves its station away from the town
• A & B
• none of the above

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 

Why did some people want to go west even though travel was difficult?

• adventure
• new farmland
• a new start
• all of the above

What was the main reason Native Americans resented settlers who moved into the West?

• The settlers took the Native Americans' land.
• The Native Americans didn't approve of settlers' beliefs.
• The settlers didn't pay taxes to the Native Americans.
• The Native Americans didn't approve of farming.

All of the following are adaptations made on the Great Plains, except:

• wheat farming
• beef cattle raising
• tobacco farming
• sod houses