
Westward Expansion I
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Whose labor built most of the transcontinental railroad?
Highly paid American workers
Chinese and Irish immigrants
African American slaves
Native Americans
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The USA started on the Atlantic coast, and expanded ____ to cover the whole continent.
north
south
east
west
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before the transcontinental railroad, getting across the country took about ___. It was expensive, and dangerous. The railroad lowered that time to one week.
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The transcontinental railroad connected ___ to ___ for transportation and trade across the continent.
Pacific Ocean to Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico to Great Lakes
Washington DC to New York, NY
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the transcontinental railroad so important to the American economy?
It provided jobs for local farmers
It connected the east to the west for transportation and trade
It was the first railroad in the world
It reduced the need for waterways
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Our Essential Question for this unit is ___.
How did the USA become a world power?
What caused the Civil War?
How did the USA gain independence?
What is the American Dream?
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The most important resource for Native Americans at the time was the ___.
Horse
Bison/buffalo
Gold
Cotton
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