The Westward Expansion

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

• lumber

• areas of land for farming

• animals

• food

Why did the United States need more land?

• they were greedy and wanted more

• they needed space for their growing nation

• they wanted to build a wall around the border

• they did not want more land

How did the invention of the steam locomotive change life for Americans living around the nation?

• It transported people and goods across the nation much quicker than ever before

• It created jobs as workers were needed to lay tracks across the United States

• It helped transport larger goods and more people

• All of these

Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ___________ by land.

• Pacific Ocean

• Carribean Sea

• Louisiana

• The Grand Canyon

What were some of the main causes of death to pioneers on the trail? Choose 3

• diseases

• starvation

• severe weather

• Native Americans

True or False? When Native Americans signed treaties with the U.S. government to be granted large pieces of land, settlers would always honor the treaties and not settle on the Native American land.

• true

• false

Why was the Cherokees journey called the Trail of Tears?

• A lot of Cherokees cried as they walked the 800 miles to Oklahoma

• As the Cherokees traveled to Oklahoma, many died from disease or harsh weather

• As the Shoshone tribe traveled to Georgia they lost a lot of tribe members in battle

• The Cherokees began a war with the settlers for their land and lost so they were clearly upset

True or False? Some Native Americans fought to stay on their lands even when ordered to move to new territories.

• treu

• false

What was the effect of westward expansion on Native Americans?

• When gold or silver was found on Native lands, they were always asked nicely to allow miners to take it.

• 
  Many Native Americans were forced to move to reservations that were far from their ancestral lands.

• Native Americans were left to live on their ancestral lands in peace.

• Settlers were always peaceful and never took Native American land.

Choose the obstacles that settlers faced traveling west. Choose all the apply

• crossing rivers

• diseases

• crossing the great plains

• crossing mountains