SS Chapter 4 - Go West!

A ____ is a person who travels to unknown places or is the first to do something

What is the main reason why people wanted Nebraska to become a territory?

• to make peace with the Native Americans

• to make laws

• to farm the land

• to build railroads

Which Act, which involved slavery, allowed Nebraska to become a territory?

• Pioneer Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Cornhusker Act

• Iowa-Nebraska Act

____ were worried about the future of their people because they lost their land to the US government.

The ________ Trail was used by many pioneers so they could move west in search of a new life and new land.

Unlike most pioneers, the Mormons moved west to do what?

• find new land

• have religious freedom

• to build log cabins

• to find gold

Who mapped parts of the Oregon Trail and wrote a report to get people excited about what he'd seen?

• John C. Fremont

• Susan O. Hail

• Elizabeth Dixon Smith

• Brigham Young

A compromise is __________________.

• A person who was against slavery

• a type of wagon used on the Oregon Trail

• a way of reaching an agreement

• When one person always gets their way

The __________ helped people escape from slavery in the South.

• Underground Railroad

• slave owners

• Oregon Trail

• telegraph

How did The Kansas-Nebraska Act solve a problem for the United States?

• The territories decided if they would be free or slave territories

• They territories got to help map out the railroad

• The people in territories were give free land

• The territories decided if they wanted to become states