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Which vocabulary term means a person who built a home on the edge of the wilderness?

• Pioneer

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Transcontinental Railroad

Which vocabulary term names the idea, popular in the 1800s, that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean?

• Pioneer

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Transcontinental Railroad

Which vocabulary term describes the journey of American Indians from their homes in the east to the Indian Territory?

• Manifest Destiny

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Trail of Tears

• Pioneer

Which vocabulary term refers to the railroad built in 1863 and completed in 1869 that decreased travel time and expanded trade and the U.S. economy?

• Trail of Tears

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Manifest Destiny

• Pioneer

Select the statements that correctly describe the Transcontinental Railroad.

• It was built in 1863 and completed in 1869.

• It increased travel time across the country.

• It provided more opportunities for trade and expanded the U.S. economy.

• Native Americans disliked that their land was being overtaken to complete it.

Choose a reason for moving West.

• Cheap/free land

• Native American attacks

• Sand and snow storms

• Diseases

Select all challenges faced when moving West.

• Native American attacks

• Lack of food and clean water

• Gold Rush

• Sand and snow storms

• Diseases

Match each characteristic to the region it describes.

• North

• Fertile soil, warmer temperatures, longer growing season and more rivers

• North

• Wanted a strong, central government

• South

• Rocky soil, cooler temperatures, shorter growing season

• South

• Lived far apart on plantations, farms, or in small communities

• South

• Focused on cash crops and had an agriculture-based economy

Which region had large urban towns?

• North

• South

• Both regions

• Neither region

Which region became more dependent on slavery after the cotton gin was invented?

• North

• South

• Both regions

• Neither region