Ch. 16 - Westward Expansion

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away _________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished. It made traveling out west much quicker than ever before.

• True

• False

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK.

• European Immigrants
• Asian Immigrants
• Mexican Americans
• African Americans

How did the Homestead Act help the nation grow?

• It created the Transcontinental Railroad.

• It moved Native Americans onto reservations.

• It offered free land to families who settled on the great Plains.

• It paid for immigrants to come to the United States.

5. What did most homesteaders do for a living?

• farmed

• mined

• ran settlement houses

• worked in steel mills

6. How did the cattle raised by Texas ranchers get to market in the late 1800's?

• by ships

• through New Orleans

• by long drives and railroads

• by long drives and ships

8. Which of the following groups did some of the most dangerous jobs in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Chinese workers

• Irish workers

• former soldiers

• the Big Four

What was the result in the 1870s of the increased settlement of the Great Plains?

• Native Americans expanded their control over the lands.

• Buffalo herds were nearly wiped out by over-hunting.

• Better resources were found to build and construct shelter.

• Regular rainfall meant more people could farm the land.