Expansion and Migration Vocabulary

A journey guiding cattle north from Texas was a _________ __________.

(a)  

A ______________________ ________________ is a railroad that crosses the continent.

• Northwood railroad

• Transcontinental railroad

• Polar Express

• Central Railroad

African Americans that fled the South and moved to Kansas called themselves (a)   .

___________ _____________ was the political idea that the United States should rule from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• Congress

• Railroad Act

• Homestead Act

• Manifest destiny

When one business completely controls an industry, it is called a _______________.

• Industrial Revolution

• Little Big Horn

• monopoly

• Homestead Act

_________ __________ are groups that represent workers to gain better working conditions.

(a)  

The Homestead Act gave settlers on the Great Plains __________ ___________ to the land.

• property rights

• tall buildings

• civil rights

• animal rights

A (a)   is a large business in which people invest their money and share ownership.

A _________ is a way of merging a number of businesses so that one person could manage another person's property.

• bond

• compromise

• Railroad Act

• trust

The United States government moved Native Americans to (a)   to make more land available for settlers and railroads.