western expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

How were the Chinese discriminated against?

• They were denied water and supplies
• Black Codes prevented their freedoms
• they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
• they were paid less than other workers

The pioneers that took advantage of the Homestead Act were called...

• homesteaders
• ranchers
• sodbusters
• scalawags

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

• Congress passed the Homestead Act and settlers could get free land by living on the land for 5 years.

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.

This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years

• The Trail of Tears

• The Homestead Act

• The union Pacific RR company

• Prospectors

Why did people travel together during the Oregon Trail?

• To save gas money
• for mutual protection

Buying this land doubled the size of the United States.

• The Louisiana Purchase
• Alaska
• Nebraska-Kansas Territory
• Cuba

These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities

• True
• False

These are risks of travelers moving West: Severe weather, illness, accidents/damage to wagon, chance of not making a living in the West. 

• True 
• False