Westward Expansion Review

Who was the most likely to become rich on the mining frontier? (Chpt 1)

• an individual miner

• a hotel owner

• a storekeeper

• a mining company

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The harsh “vigilante justice,” also known as frontier justice, of the mining camps developed because there were no (Chpt 1)

• churches

• schools

• mayors

• police

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who helped build the transcontinental railroad? (Chpt 2)

• settlers

• immigrants

• miners

• cowboys

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Ranchers drove their cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, because (Chpt 3)

• there was better grass for the animals there.

• the people of Abilene didn’t raise cattle for themselves.

• the cattle were safer there, away from thieves.

• from there, the cattle could be shipped by railroad to Chicago and markets in the East.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

On the long drive, cowboys worried most about the danger of (Chpt 3)

• thieves.

• stampedes.

• floods.

• diseases.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the end of the great age of the cowboy? (Chpt 3)

• Many people in the East began to raise their own cattle.

• Two fierce winters and a hot, dry summer led ranchers to pen in their cattle.

• Ranchers moved farther north and were closer to the railroads.

• Farmers moved in and took up much of the land.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of (Chpt 4)

• presentation.

• preparation.

• precipitation.

• precision.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the settling of the Great Plains? (Chpt 4)

• wars between sheep herders and cattle ranchers

• a temporary increase in the amount of rainfall

• free land offered through the Homestead Act of 1862

• cheap land advertised and sold by the railroads

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Under the Homestead Act of 1862, free land was given away to (Chpt 4)

• U.S. citizens only.

• poor people only.

• Native American tribes.

• U.S. citizens and immigrants.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The MAIN reason that settlers on the plains built sod houses is that (Chpt 5)

• they were cool in the summer.

• they were warm in the winter.

• there were few trees from which to build wooden houses.

• they were more attractive than wooden and stone houses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2