Westward Expansion Quiz

Nickname for Great Plains Farmers:

• Exoduster

• Homesteader

• Sodbuster

• Prospector

African Americans who fled discrimination in the south and headed west for more opportunity called themselves:

• Exoduster

• Homesteader

• Sodbuster

• Prospector

African American pioneers who fled the South for Kansas between 1879 and 1881:

• Exoduster

• Homesteader

• Sodbuster

• Prospector

What was the name of the business that delivered mail from Missouri to California in just 10 days?

• United States Postal Service

• The Pony Express

• UPS

• FedEx

When cowboys led huge herds of cattle north to new railroad lines in the Great Plains this was known as?

• Pony Drive

• Horse Drive

• Cattle Drive

• Cattle Cruise

What was the name of the railroad that first connected the East Coast to the West Coast built in response to the gold rush?

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Eastern Pacific Railroad

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

True or False: Moving out West was very easy.

• True

• False

An invention that sent messages along wires using electricity.

• Steel Plow

• Windmill

• Telegraph

• Mechanical Reaper

Why did people move west in the 1800s?

• land, jobs and money

• opportunity for slavery

• seeking religious freedom

• escape overcrowded cities

A machine that harvested crops.

• Steel Plow

• Telegraph

• Mechanical Reaper

• Windmill