Unit 7 Test Review

Transcontinental Railroad: Which invention came about because of the transcontinental railroad?

• Airplanes

• Cars

• Telegraphs

Transcontinental Railroad: Which TWO immigrant groups helped build the transcontinental railroad?

• Chinese

• Mexican

• Irish

How did the telegraph help Americans?

• Creating new jobs

• Allowing faster travel

• Helps with long distance communication

Railroads changed the environment by?

• Depleting coal

• Wiping out the buffalo herds

• Polluting rivers

The belief that Americans had the destiny to spread from “sea to shining sea”?

• Migration

• Immigrant

• Manifest Destiny

A person who moves to another place with the purpose of settling down?

• Migration

• Immigrant

• Manifest Destiny

A person who lives in a country that they were not born in?

• Migration

• Immigrant

• Manifest Destiny

What did the Natives NOT use buffalo for?

• Farming

• Tools

• Food

• Clothing

What happened to the Native Americans as the settlers moved West?

• They got to keep their land

• They became friends with the settlers

• They were forced off their land

Which factor does NOT help determine where people settle down?

• Water

• Landforms

• Animals

• Climate