Post-Civil War Expansion Quiz

After the Civil War, the federal government _______ westward expansion.

• Encouraged

• Discouraged

• Ignored

• Opposed

Settlers headed for the _______ where the _______ gave free land to families.

• Pacific Northwest, Homestead Act

• Great Plains, Homestead Act

• Pacific Northwest, Land Grant Act

• Great Plains, Land Grant Act

The U.S. government also gave land to companies to construct _______ that would connect the eastern and western United States.

• Railroads

• Wagon Train Trails

• Highways

• Canals

What was the main problem that Americans viewed about the West?

• The West was too crowded.

• The West was desolate and lacking in farmland.

• The West had too many cattle trails.

• The West was too expensive to live in.

What was one of the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It made moving and living on the frontier easier and more profitable.

• It reduced the number of cattle trails.

• It made the West more desolate.

• It decreased the population in the eastern states.

What was one of the results of having plenty of food available for workers?

• Cities and industries grew, boosting the U.S. economy.

• The population in the West decreased.

• The number of cattle trails reduced.

• The Transcontinental Railroad was abandoned.

Why did eastern states need more food?

• To support their growing population.

• To reduce the number of cattle trails.

• To decrease the population in the West.

• To abandon the Transcontinental Railroad.

Which factors made people want to move West? (Choose 3)

• the lure of the American Dream of owning land

• the appeal of not being restrained by a legal system

• helping to build towns and governments in the West

• the discovery of gold fueled people’s hopes of gaining riches

• the romanticized cowboy who represented freedom and adventure

Which act made it possible for formerly enslaved people to become property owners?

• The Homestead Act

• Exodusters

• Homesteaders

• Kansas

The rumor of free transportation to ______ led many Black people to move to this state.

• Texas

• California

• Kansas

• The Homestead Act

• Exodusters