Westward Expansion

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5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following could deliver mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days?

a. telegraph

b. the “horseless carriage”

c. the Pony Express

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A __________was a town that was built as gold miners came to look for gold and needed goods and services.

a. Goldtown

b. Boomtown

c. Ghost town

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following describes a challenge faced by the Union Pacific railroad?

a. it had to build through the Sierra Nevada mountains

b. it faced conflict with Native Americans

c. it faced conflict with Chinese Americans

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT one of the challenges typically faced by homesteaders?

a. high cost of land

b. harsh weather

c. large amounts of grasshoppers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes a reason why cattle drives came to an end?

a. Consumers became more interested in gold than cattle

b. Farmers on the Great Plains began raising cattle

c. They were no longer necessary once railroads reached Texas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What were the “gold rushers” called who went to California in the mid 1800’s?

a. forty-niners

b. homesteaders

c. exodusters

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Under the Homestead Act of 1862, what would a person lose if they returned to the East Coast after only 4 years of living on their land? (Left their Homestead claim)

a. 100 dollars

b. his or her American citizenship

c. 160 acres of free land

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