Westward Expansion

The idea popular in the United States during the 1800’s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific.

• Manifest Destiny

• Annex

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

Which of the following is a feature of the Great Plains?

• Frequent rain storms
• Heavy snowfall
• Frequent dust storms
• Lack of grasslands

Which statement about the Great Plains is TRUE?

• The Great Plains
  lacked good
  farm land.
• The Great
  Plains were
  just desert
  areas.
• The Great
  Plains were a
  vast area to
  be settled
• The Great
  Plains were a
  treeless
  wasteland

Railroads, Windmills, Steel Plows and Barbed Wire can best be described as what?

• Native American Technology
• Items Used to Settle the Appalachian Mountains
• Life on the Great Plains
• Inventions and Adaptations Used to Settle the Great Plains

New York, Boston, and Philadelphia are part of which region?

• Midwest
• Northeast
• Rocky Mountains
• Southwest

Which of the following was NOT an adaptation used by settlers to change the Great Plains environment?

• Dry farming
• Sod houses
• Steel plow
• Plantations

What inventions helped farmers fence their fields?

• Railroads
• Steel plows
• Windmills
• Barbed wire

What development changed people’s perception of the Great Plains?

• Availability of land in the eastern areas
• New Technologies
• Removal of Native Americans
• Transportation barriers

Southwest Region: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, __________ what state is missing?

• Colorado
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Montana

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Great Plains?

• Flat lands

• Grassland

• Heavy amounts of rainfall

• Frequent dust storms