Westward Expansion

What animal freely roamed Texas that was in high demand back East where people paid good money for them?

• Horses

• Bison

• Cattle

• Chickens

What trail ran from San Antonio to Abilene, going through Wichita and making it a cattle town?

• Chisholm Trail

• Western Trail

• Goodnight-Loving Trail

• Shawnee Trail

What did the Transcontinental Railroad do?

• Connected Kansas City to Denver

• Connected Kansas City to Dallas

• Rebuilt railroad connections in the South after the Civil War

• Connected the entire country from East Coast to West Coast

What animal roamed the Great Plains that Plains Natives relied upon for complete survival?

• Horses

• Bison

• Cattle

• Chickens

George Custer attacked the Sioux, and he & his men were killed in what battle?

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Long Walks

• Apache Wars

In which battle did the U.S. Army fire upon a crowd of Sioux who were supposed to be surrendering their weapons to the army?

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Long Walks

• Apache Wars

The Nez Perce people tried to run to Canada but were caught by the U.S. Army before they could get there. What happened to the Nez Perce?

• The army killed them.

• The army took them back east.

• The army marched them to Oklahoma

• The army marched them to New Mexico,

How did the U.S. government treat Plains & Western Native Americans?

• Treated them well.

• Treated them poorly.

Which of these was NOT part of the Homestead Act?

• Govt gave land to almost any adult citizen.

• Farmers received 160 acres of land.

• Farmers had to stay for 5 years.

• Farmers received land easy to farm.

What state was gobbled up by settlers wanting land so quickly that the land was all claimed within less than a month?

• Kansas

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• Colorado