Westward Expansion Vocabulary

What is a boomtown?

• A community experiencing sudden growth in business or population

• A trail used to drive cattle

• A region of land not settled

• An area of public lands for Native Americans

What was the Chisholm Trail used for?

• To drive cattle North from Texas to Kansas

• To migrate African Americans from the South to Kansas

• To encourage people to settle in the Great Plains

• To set aside lands for Native Americans

Who was Sitting Bull?

• A Native American leader of the Sioux

• A U.S. army leader killed during a Native American conflict

• A sponsor of education and cooperative buying

• A law encouraging settlement in the Great Plains

Who were the exodusters?

• African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas

• Native Americans who settled in reservations

• Settlers who moved to boomtowns

• Farmers who formed alliances

What did the farmer’s alliance sponsor?

• Education and cooperative buying and selling

• Settlement in the Great Plains

• Migration of African Americans

• Cattle driving on the Chisholm Trail

What is a frontier?

• A region of land not settled

• A community experiencing sudden growth

• An abandoned boomtown

• A trail used for cattle driving

Who was General Custer?

• A U.S. army leader killed during a Native American conflict

• A Native American leader of the Sioux

• A sponsor of cooperative buying

• A settler in the Great Plains

What are ghost towns?

• Abandoned boom towns

• Regions of land not settled

• Trails used for cattle driving

• Areas of public lands for Native Americans

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To encourage people to settle in the Great Plains (160 acres)

• To drive cattle North from Texas to Kansas

• To migrate African Americans from the South to Kansas

• To set aside lands for Native Americans

What is a reservation?

• An area of public lands set aside for Native Americans

• A community experiencing sudden growth

• A trail used for cattle driving

• An abandoned boomtown