Society in Transition / Westward Expansion

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

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

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

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 Native Americans had

Which of the following is NOT a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?

• Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market

• Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers

• Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

• Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All 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

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• All NA had to move to Europe
• All NA had to move to Canada
• all NA east of the Mississippi are forced to move to a territory in Oklahoma
• All NA west of the Mississippi River had to move to Oklahoma

What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?

• bean picker
• barbed wire
• steel plow
• windmills 

Allowed farmers to break up dry tough soil of the Great Plains.

• sod house

• windmill

• steel plow

• barbed wire

Which of the following was NOT part of the physical environment of the Great Plains?

• land eroded by wind and water

• forests

• low rainfall

• frequent dust storms