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

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

• churches

• schools

• mayors

• police

Who helped build the transcontinental railroad? (Chpt 2)

• settlers

• immigrants

• miners

• cowboys

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.

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

• thieves.

• stampedes.

• floods.

• diseases.

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.

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

• presentation.

• preparation.

• precipitation.

• precision.

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

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.

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.