Chapter 10 Expanding West and Overseas

What role did the discovery of gold play in the expansion of the United States?

• The discovery of gold convinced settlers to move across the Appalachian Mountains into the Midwest.

• The discovery of gold attracted settlers to western areas that later became states.

• The discovery of gold led to the development of new types of technology.

• The discovery of gold made many people rich enough to buy large ranches in Texas.

How did the movement of people to the West impact economic development in the East?

• The movement of people to the West allowed access to raw materials needed by factories in the East.

• Pioneers who had moved to the West provided money to expand cities in the East.

• Ranchers and miners who had moved to the West provided jobs for people living in the East.

• The movement of people to the West convinced many immigrants to move to cities in the East.

Based on the map, what is one possible explanation of why the portion of railway built by the Union Pacific was longer than the portion built by the Central Pacific?

• It was harder for the Union Pacific to obtain valuable resources from the Midwest.

• The Union Pacific's portion crossed more flat land than the Central Pacific's portion did.

• It is always easier to build from east to west than from west to east.

• The Central Pacific's starting point was farther south than the Union Pacific's starting point.

Based on the map, which city served as the western end point of the transcontinental railroad?

• Omaha

• Promontory Point

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

Which of the following is a reason that miners and farmers in the West sometimes clashed with each other?

• The farmers felt that the miners used too much of the water from local rivers and streams.

• The miners' use of water wheels caused pollution in some rivers and streams.

• The miners' use of mercury to mine gold poisoned some rivers and streams.

• The farmers' use of fertilizer made it more difficult for miners to pan for gold in rivers and streams.

Why did cattle drives end at railroad towns?

• Trains made it possible for cattle to be transported to cities farther east to be sold as meat.

• Railroad towns were usually located very close to cattle ranches.

• Railroad towns were usually located near rivers, making shipping of cattle easier.

• Trains made it possible for cattle to be transported from eastern to western cities quickly.

What is one way that settlers modified their environment on the western plains?

• They planted fast-growing crops.

• They irrigated their crops.

• They became ranchers instead of farmers.

• They built their houses out of wood and mud.

"So I have filed adjoining Mr. Stewart and I am well pleased. I have a grove of twelve swamp pines on my place, and I am going to build my house there. I thought it would be very romantic to live on the peaks amid the whispering pines, but I reckon it would be powerfully uncomfortable also . . . and a dandy thing is, I have all the nice snow-water I want; a small stream runs right through the center of my land and I am quite near wood." —Elinore Pruitt Stewart, 1909

In the passage, what valuable resources does the homesteader have when she settles on her new land?

• Pine trees and mountains

• Snow and mountains

• Wood and water

• All of the answers

Which of the following shows the correct sequence in which important farming tools were invented?

• Deere steel plow, Glidden barbed wire, Oliver iron plow, McCormick mechanical reaper

• McCormick mechanical reaper, Oliver iron plow, Glidden barbed wire, Deere steel plow

• McCormick mechanical reaper, Deere steel plow, Oliver iron plow, Glidden barbed wire

• Deere steel plow, McCormick mechanical reaper, Oliver iron blow, Glidden barbed wire

What was one result of the belief in Manifest Destiny?

• The United States put strict limits on immigration.

• Americans began to search for gold in the West.

• The United States became the world's largest country.

• The United States no longer had a frontier.