Westward Expansion After Civil War

What does transcontinental railroad mean?

  Which was one of the railroad companies used to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Central Union

• Southern Union

• Union Pacific

• Union Atlantic

How many soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee received the Congressional Medal of Honor?

• 23

• 19

• 20

• 14

How many Native Americans were killed in the Sand Creek Massacre?  

What were the two factors that accelerated the speed of westward migration?

Where did the two lines meet on May 10, 1869.

• Promontory Point, Utah

• Pikes Peak, Utah

• Paris Peak, Utah

• Promise Point, Utah

Why were the stories of the “Wild West” exaggerated?   

What happened to the bison population from 1800 to 1895?

• Drastically increased

• Drastically decreased

• Decreased somewhat

• Increased somewhat

Who was Sitting Bull?

Who were the majority of people killed at the Sand Creek Massacre?

• US Militia

• Native Men

• Native Women and Children

• Exodusters