Westward Expansion Review

A person who built a home on the edge of the wilderness?

• Pioneer
• Homesteader
• Explorer
• Settler

The United States should keep expanding west, across the continent, to the Pacific Ocean

• No, the United States should focus on the east coast.
• Yes, but only to the Rocky Mountains.
• No, expansion should be limited to the Great Lakes region.
• Manifest Destiny

A railroad that spans an entire continent.

• Continental Express
• Intercontinental Railway
• Transcontinental Line
• Transcontinental Railroad

The quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered.

• Gold rush
• Wealth migration
• Mining expedition
• Treasure hunt

The movements by cowboys of large herds of cattle from grazing areas to town where they could be shipped to market.

• Cattle drives
• Cattle ranching
• Cattle auctions
• Cattle herding

In a violent manner.

• Calmly
• Fiercely

• Aggressively
• Peacefully

To divide out.

• Distribute

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication

The settlers on the prairie were called?

• explorers
• Sodbusters

• settlers
• farmers

With this farming method, farmers conserved moisture in the soil during dry weather

• Sodbusters

• Dry Farming

• Great Plains

• Irrigation

Directs water from a source to a place that needs it?

• Productive

• Appealed

• Droughts

• Irrigation