West Unit Review

What was a 2,000 mile trail stretching to the Oregon territory?

• Oregon Trail
• Santa Few Trail
• California Trail
• Mormon Trail

In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished. It made traveling out west much quicker than ever before.

• True

• False

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?

• Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
• They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
• Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
• American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.

What led to conflict with Native Americans out West?

• Miners stole all of the Native American gold.

• Native Americans started the conflict.

• Settlers refused to trade with the Native Americans.

• The slaughtering of Buffalo put the Native American lives at risk

1890 - U.S. soldiers massacre over 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Shiloh

True or False: More people struck it rich by finding gold, even small amounts, than with businesses and services for miners

• True
• False

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders

Document that ended the U.S. - Mexican War. (1848)

• Treaty of Paris

• Oregon Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Adams - Onis Treaty

Mexico thought the border between the United States and Mexico was along the __________.

• Nueces River
• Rio Grande River