Westward Expansion

A town the has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.

• homestead

• frontier

• boomtown

• Great Plains

Taking cattle by foot to the railroads for further transport

• long drive

• homestead

• buffalo soldier

• frontier

A cowboy that came from Mexico with the Spanish during the 1500s

• buffalo soldier

• vigilante

• vaquero

• Sitting Bull

Land to settle on and farm

• frontier

• homestead

• Great Plains

• farmland

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

How did the invention of the steam locomotive change life for Americans living all around the nation?

• It transported people and good across the nation much quicker than ever before.

• It paved the ways for the development of the first cars.

• It created jobs as workers were needed to lay tracks across the United States

• All of the above

The most popular route people traveled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

What happened during the Gold Rush?

• People from all over the world moved to California

• Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold

• Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich

• All of the above

Millions of people became rich during the Gold Rush in California

• True

• False

During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.

• True

• False