Westward Expansion Test

The first railroads were built by the Central and Union Pacific companies and stretched across the country from east to west. The term for this is

• transcontinental

• continental divide

• transportation

• continental express

The Native Americans of the Great plains moved in bands from place to place in search of food. As a moving tribe, they were known as

• nomads

• hippies

• settlers

• grangers

The activities of the Plains Native Americans

• allowed the Native Americans to follow the buffalo

• resulted in a better relationship with the U.S.

• limited the people from the U.S. to settle in the Great Plains.

• helped to end discrimination

In the late 1800's, the United States government forced Native Americans off of their land and pushed them to live on a limited area known as

• corrals

• plains

• reservations

• hunting grounds

The buffalo were an important aspect of life of Plains Native Americans because they

• kept settlers off of their land

• were the only animal that lived on the Great Plains

• could be tamed and ridden

• were used for food, clothing and shelter

The Dawes Act and Homestead Act were similar because

• they gave land to immigrants

• they tried to promote farming on the Great Plains

• they resulted in the abandonment of the Great Plains

• they ended slavery

In the 1850's thousands of people were drawn to the Rocky Mountains to

• build cattle ranches

• mine gold and silver

• work for the Pony Express

• become cowboys

The sod homes served as the first homes of many homesteaders because

• they were the best way to keep warm in the winter

• they offered protection from the Native Americans

• wood was scarce on the Great Plains

• they were easy to maintain

Wars broke out between Native Americans and settlers because

• railroad passengers shot at buffalo

• settlers ignored treaties protecting Native American land

• Native Americans claimed more land than they could use

• Crazy Horse refused to surrender

Which two developments following the Civil War most helped to open the American West?

• the building of the Erie Canal and the annexation of Florida

• the discovery of gold and the building of the Panama Canal

• the annexation of Texas and the invention of the cotton gin

• the implementation of the Homestead Act and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.