Westward Expansion

What are some weather issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

• Animals

• No food

• Wagon trains

• Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

How did the growth of railroads affect the geographical expansion of the US?

• People and goods could not be transported easily

• More buffalo killed

• People and goods could be transported easily

• It cost a lot of money

What did farmers use to protect their land from the cowboys?

• Guns

• Tape

• Talking

• Barbed wire

What natural resources were prospectors looking for?

• Tobacco

• Gold and Silver

• Sand and Soil

• Candy

What government grant gave 160 acres of land to pioneers to farm for 5 years?

• New Land Act

• Homestead Act

• Free Land Act

• Welcome Home Act

Which group of immigrants came to California to help build the railroad and risked death or injury blasting through the mountain?

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• Africans

• Whites

Where did the US government force Native Americans to live during Westward Expansion?

• Reservations
• Hotels
• Caves
• Apartments

Who was the US general who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• General Neil Armstrong

• General George Custer

• General Ulysses Grant

• General John Smith

What were African American pioneers called?

• Exodusters

• Slaves

• Progressives

• Sodbusters

Who were the Great Plains Farmers who had to cut through sod before planting their crops?

• Slaves

• Exodusters

• Sodbusters

• Native Americans