Savvas Chapter 10 Lesson 1

Which statement describes the relationship between people in eastern cities and pioneers who went west?

• People in eastern cities sent lumber and minerals to those in the West.

• People in the West provided raw materials to send east for manufacturing.

• Those in the East send supplies to the pioneers as they settled on new land.

• Pioneers provided new types of manufactured goods to sell in easter markets.

Why was the US government interested in getting a transcontinental railroad built?

• The project would help failing railroad companies stay in business.

• Building the railroad would pull immigrants of of the cities and into the West.

• People and goods would move across the country quickly and be less expensive.

• The government needed it to quickly transport soldiers to defend the nation's frontier.

Which of these attracted people to California in 1849?

• a gold rush

• the fur trade

• a belief in Manifest Destiny

• the transcontinental railroad

Which statement explains how the railroad changed the cattle industry?

• Millions of cattle could graze freely across the open Texas plains.

• Farmers and ranchers began to compete fiercely for land in the Southwest.

• Competition in the beef market grew between eastern and western ranchers.

• Western cattle could be sold and transported to meat-packing plants in the East.

Which is an example of the impact the railroads had on the West?

• The number and size of the western territories increased.

• Cities and towns developed throughout the western frontier.

• Travel became faster and more comfortable for people moving westward.

• Farming in the East decreased as western agricultural products became avail