Westward Expansion Overview

Which country did the U.S. take southwestern lands to control from in 1848?

• France

• Mexico

• Great Britain

What is an example of American progress the goddess represents in the Manifest Destiny art?

• Steamboats

• Telegraph lines

• Automobiles

What was the amazing deal offered by territorial governments?

• Free land from Homesteading

• Better pay building Railroads

• Faster communication using Telegraph lines

How did the pioneer’s arrival in the West pose a threat to Native Americans?

• The language barrier made it difficult to trade resources.

• Americans shared communities with Natives causing overcrowding.

• Greed leading to violent removal from homeland onto reservations.

In 1890, most of the land in the West had been settled and the territories became states ___.

• Closing the American Frontier

• Closing immigration boarders

• Closing factories to tend western farms

The first cowboys were indigenous Mexican men who herded cattle and wild horses called ___.

• Vaqueros

• Vestas

• Venturas

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted ___ to Mexicans who chose to stay in the U.S. after the war.

• The right to vote

• The right to own land

• The right to citizenship

In addition to significant European immigration Westward, several thousand ___ migrated west after the Civil War known as Exodusters.

• Mexicans

• African Americans

• Chinese

Things got a lot easier for Pioneers when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 connecting the ___.

• Canadian and Mexican Boarders

• Northern and Southern Coasts

• Eastern and Western Coasts

Pioneers followed many different routes to the western frontier. However, the most popular one was ___.

• The Santa Fe Trail

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mormon Trails