Unit 2-Expansion and Migration

How did the railroads impact the environment?

• Tracks crossed the plains and tunnels were dug through the mountains.

• Coal-burning engines required fuel and more fuel required an increase in mining which destroyed land, and caused pollution of air, land, and water.

• Increased industry, which led to pollution.

• All of the above had an impact on the environment.

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Which of the following is an effect of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The Native Americans enjoyed having more people to share their land with.

• Many Native Americans were excited to get a job as a railroad worker.

• There was little effect with the Native Americans because of the railroad.

• The railroad caused Native Americans to lose a critical resource when the buffalo were killed.

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By the 1860s, there were about 16 million buffalo on the Plains. Within 20 years, they had decreased to ___________________.

• less than 1,000

• less than 10,000

• less than 100,000

• less than 1,000,000

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What push factors would cause someone to leave their home country?

• war at home

• lack of jobs and income

• religious freedom

• greater population

How were Chinese immigrants discriminated against?

• They were placed on reservations.

• They were given poor soil to farm on.

• They were paid less money than Caucasian workers.

• They were able to get high paying jobs.

There were several reasons why President McKinley decided to ask Congress to declare war on Spain. What action(s) prompted Congress to declare war of Spain?

• anger of the Zimmermann note

• The United States wanted to acquire new territories in the Pacific Ocean

• the sinking of the USS Maine and the loss of American lives

• the treatment of Cubans by the Spanish government

What was a result of the Spanish-American War?

• Spain won the war and became a lifelong enemy of the United States.

• The United States annexed Spain and Cuba.

• The Panama Canal was built.

• The United States annexed new territories and was recognized as a world power.

Why were Hawaii and the Philippines important for the United States and its trade with other countries?

• They had a lot of gold.

• They both were refueling stations for merchant ships traveling to Asian markets.

• The Queen said they needed it.

• They could do commercial fishing from these islands.

What was the greatest effect the Panama Canal had on the United States?

• The Panama Canal helped immigrants travel to the United States, which in turn helped the economy.

• The Panamanian government wouldn’t allow its citizens to buy American goods, so factories began losing money.

• It enabled our country’s merchant and warships to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean more quickly.

• There was no effect on the United States.

Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were both inventors of the late 19th century. Which of the following is true about their inventions since that time?

• The inventions have not changed at all.

• The inventions are no longer in use.

• Many improvements have been made to the inventions.

• The inventions have become useless in the “Computer Age.”

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