Westward Expansion

Which were the results of the Transcontinental Railroad (check multiple)

• the implementation of time zones

• the growth of the cattle business

• the decline of cities and towns out west

• the increase in mail order businesses

What policy was put in place by the U.S. Government that was directed towards Native Americans in the late 1800s?

• forced relocation onto reservations

• genocide on a mass scale

• Indian removal and compensation for territory

• cultural assimilation and division of tribal lands

The two railroads that built the transcontinental railroad were the

• Southern Railway

• Great Northern Railway

• Union Pacific Railway

• Central Pacific Railway

Under the Homestead Act, homesteaders could gain title to the land by

• fencing it within five years

• planting and farming it for five years

• living there for five years

• buying a horse

At first, ranchers and cowboys saw barbed wire as a threat because it

• harmed their cattle

• kept their herds from roaming freely

• required much effort to maintain

• kept their herds away from food

• blocked all access to the railroads

The Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court decision...

• advocated separate but equal accommodations in the United States

• demanded racial equality in the United States

• regulated the coinage of silver to correct economic inequality

• none of the others

What were some of the reasons why pioneers started to move west?

• cheap farmland

• find gold & riches

• religious persecution

• new industrial opportunities

• economic opportunity

What area of the country that saw the largest expansion of railroad tracks during this period?

• North

• West

• South

• East

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

A law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for $18

• homesteaders

• drought

• Homestead Act

• Proclamation