Western Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

Which of the following BEST explains how railroads stimulated the national economy in the late 1800s?

• They increased the number of railroad barons
• They allowed a large number of people to enter the United States
• They efficiently allowed products to be shipped across the country
• They diminished the power of monopolies in the railroad industry

The pioneers that took advantage of the Homestead Act were called...

• homesteaders
• ranchers
• sodbusters
• scalawags

Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

• steel plow
• reaper
• windmill
• barbed wire

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

• Congress passed the Homestead Act and settlers could get free land by living on the land for 5 years.

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.

Farmers of the Great Plains faced all of the following problems, except

• lack of wood

• harsh weather

• lack of wind for windmills

• insects

What ended the open range?

• closed range laws
• barbed wire
• Pacific Railway Act
• Homestead Act

Americanization of the Native Americans required them to

• live in cities

• send their children to boarding schools

• put their children up for adoption

• take a loyalty pledge

How many acres were provided by the Homestead Act?

• 50

• 100

• 160

• 180