Westward Expansion Study Refresher

What was the reason many settlers traveled on the Oregon Trail to get to the Oregon Territory?

• to seek gold

• to seek religious freedom

• to seek available farmlands in the west

• to fight against the Native Americans

What was the reason that settlers traveled west on the California Trail?

• to seek farmlands

• to seek war with the natives

• to seek gold

• to seek religious freedoms

What was the primary reason settlers traveled on the Mormon Trail?

• to seek gold

• to seek religious freedom

• to seek war with the natives

• to seek jobs

Where was gold found in California?

• Mount Rushmore

• the Rocky Mountains

• the Gateway Bridge

• Sutter's Mill

Match the following terms with the definition

• hides

• a type of wagon that is used by 19th century pioneers in crossing the North American praries

• homesteading

• receiving large plots of land for a cheap price in exchange for a promise to grow agricultural crops

• teepee

• a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area

• prairie schooners

• the skin of an animal after it has been removed from its body

• pioneers

• a portable tent made of skins that was used by North American Indians of the Great Plains and Great Lakes regions

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Push Factors

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(b) Pull Factors

• economic opportunities

• religious persecution

• discovery of gold

• lack of jobs

• Homestead Act

• limited resources available

• religious freedom

• crowded cities

Two impacts of the Homestead Act are

• increased emigration into the west.

• a decrease of emigration traffic in the west.

• the Native Americans being pushed off of their land.

• water sports being a new form of entertainment in the west.

• the gold rush.

Where did the natives that were relocated in the Trail of Tears move?

• to Minnesota

• to Salt Lake City, Utah

• to Georgia

• to Oklahoma

Match the following invention with its description.

• a machine that improved water travel

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• machine that improved land travel

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• Transcontinental Railroad

• 
• manmade waterway connected to New York

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Which of the following court cases challenged the Indian Removal Policy?

• Marbury vs Madison

• Roe vs Wade

• McCulloch vs Maryland

• Worcester vs Georgia