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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Completed in 1869 that linked the east and west coasts of the US and helped to move people, products, and raw materials across the continent...
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Norfolk-Southern Railroad
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Panama Canal
2.
Used by settlers in place of wood to make fences on the Great Plains
a)
Barbed Wire
b)
Steel Plows
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Sod Houses
3.
Materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. Examples of these items are minerals such as iron ore, forests, water, and fertile land.
a)
Goods
b)
Iron Ore
c)
Finished Products
d)
Natural Resources
4.
A factory that uses iron ore to produce steel which is a metal
a)
Steel Mills
b)
Factory
c)
Iron Mine
d)
Shipyard
5.
Factories that handle the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.
a)
Chicago
b)
Butcher
c)
Meatpacking Industry
d)
McDonald's
6.
Battle between Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and the solders led by Colonel George A. Custer in which the soldiers were defeated and all killed
a)
Battle of Wounded Knee
b)
Battle of Bull Run
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Battle of Little Bighorn
7.
Nez Perce chief who led his people in a flight to avoid being sent to a reservation by the army
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Geronimo
d)
Sitting Bull
8.
Apache warrior and leader who led his band of warriors in fierce raids against the settlers
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Geronimo
d)
Cochise
9.
Sioux American Indians leader who fought against the US Army in the Sioux War of 1876
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Crazy Horse
c)
Geronimo
d)
George Armstrong Custer
10.
This "Battle" fought after Little Bighorn started when an Indians gun accidentally fired and turned into a massacre of the surrendering Sioux people
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
c)
Little Bighorn
d)
Wounded Knee
11.
Tribe of Geronimo that fought against Western settlers for nearly thirty years
a)
Apache
b)
Comanche
c)
Sioux
d)
Cheyenne
12.
Tribe of Sitting Bull that fought against Western settlers and later started the Ghost Dance Tradition
a)
Cheyenne
b)
Sioux
c)
Apache
d)
Nez Perce
13.
Traditionally peaceful American Indian tribe that was forced to fight against and to flee from the US Army
a)
Nez Perce
b)
Seminole
c)
Apache
d)
Sioux
14.
This Act started in 1862 offered an acre of land to any citizen who claimed it for $1.25 and a promise to live there continuously for five years
a)
14th Amendment
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
15.
This U.S. Cavalry Officer was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn after foolishly charging a much larger Sioux force
a)
Phillip "Little Phil" Sheridan
b)
William Tecumseh Sherman
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
George A Custer
16.
This group of people immigrated to the U.S. from Asia and helped to build the Transcontinental Railroad in the West
a)
Maori
b)
Chinese
c)
African-Americans
d)
Irish
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