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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the railroad foster economic growth in the development of the west?
a)
by providing sharecroppers a means of travel
b)
by providing farmers with the means of getting their crops to market
c)
by providing Native Americans a means to sell fur
d)
by providing the bison a place to roam freely
2.
During the 1800s people flocked to the west in search of gold. They often created towns near gold mines. What was the name given to these towns?
a)
Boom Towns
b)
ghost towns
c)
plantations
d)
shantytowns
3.
Which group had conflict with farmers because of barbed wire fences?
a)
Chinese immigrants
b)
cowboys and ranchers
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
miners and prospectors
4.
African Americans who moved west after Reconstruction were known as...
a)
exodusters
b)
immigrants
c)
slaves
d)
sodbusters
5.
All of the following are reasons the Native Americans were involved in Indian wars with settlers EXCEPT:
a)
destruction of the bison population
b)
farmers and miners claimed their land
c)
Native Americans were forced to live on reservations
d)
Native Americans were forced into slavery on plantations
6.
What was the belief of reformers regarding Native American children?
a)
they should learn the ways of the white man
b)
they should learn about Native American ways of life
c)
they should learn how to be like chinese immigrants
d)
they should learn how to be ranchers and cowboys
7.
What changed people's views of the Great Plains?
a)
new land
b)
new technology
c)
indian removal
d)
transportaions
8.
How did farmers fence their fields?
a)
wood
b)
railroads
c)
barbed wire
d)
steel
9.
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
10.
The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the development of the west in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a)
attracting immigrant settlers
b)
providing a means of travel
c)
promoting the Homestead Act
d)
transporting agricultural goods
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
An accidental battle that led to the massacre of Native Americans and symbolized an end to the Indian Wars
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
c)
Little Bighorn
d)
Wounded Knee
17.
Tribe of Geronimo that fought against Western settlers for nearly thirty years
a)
Apache
b)
Comanche
c)
Sioux
d)
Cheyenne
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the development of the Great Plains?
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Dry farming
c)
Steel Plow
d)
Windmill
24.
Why did pioneers NOT settle the Great Plains at first?
a)
It was hot and dry
b)
It was underestimated and misunderstood
c)
Pioneers did not have the needed technology
d)
All of the above
25.
Which of the following was NOT a way of pioneers traveled during Westward Expansion?
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Wagon
c)
Horse
d)
Buffalo
26.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Provided a way of travel
b)
Attracted new settlers
c)
Transported goods
d)
Helped Native American way of life
27.
Which of the following was an example of how Native Americans were treated?
a)
Driven off their land and onto reservations
b)
Given the best land to continue their way of life
c)
Native Americans were left alone
d)
They were arrested and sent to concentration camps
28.
Which best describes Manifest Destiny?
a)
Caused everyone to get along better
b)
expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
c)
Idea started in the 1600s
d)
The king said that we had to the right to move west
29.
What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?
a)
food
b)
wealth
c)
land
d)
a new beginning and freedom
30.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills
31.
How did the development of the railroad impact the bison (buffalo) population?
a)
the amount of bison did not change
b)
the amount of bison decreased
c)
the amount of bison increased
d)
bison migrated east
32.
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
a)
NA could not get enough supplies, which led to poverty
b)
NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers
c)
NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
d)
NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers
33.
Which of the following is not a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?
a)
Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market
b)
Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers
c)
Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
d)
Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
34.
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
b)
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
c)
Polluted the air and the natural environment
d)
All of the above
35.
I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK.
a)
European Immigrants
b)
Asian Immigrants
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
African Americans
36.
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American continent was known as--
a)
The Great Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Fever
d)
The Monroe Doctrine
37.
What act was passed with the goal of assimilating Native Americans to white culture?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Civillization Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Indian Territory Act
38.
Native Americans living on the Great Plains were greatly affected by the loss of the ____.
a)
cattle
b)
deer
c)
buffalo
d)
sheep
39.
Who chose not to fight when his tribe was captured?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Chief Joseph
c)
Queen Liliuokalani
d)
Crazy Horse
40.
The ____ connected the eastern and westerns parts of the United States.
a)
Great Plains
b)
Reservations
c)
Native Americans
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
41.
How did cattle raised by Texas ranchers get to market in the 1800's.
a)
by long drives and railroads
b)
by long drives and ships
c)
through New Orleans
d)
by ships
42.
The settlement of the West forced many ____ onto reservations.
a)
buffalo
b)
Native Americans
c)
homesteaders
d)
immigrants
43.
Many of the settlers on the Great Plains built ____homes
a)
log
b)
stone
c)
sod
d)
brick
44.
What did most settlers in the West do for a living?
a)
hunt buffalo
b)
work in factories
c)
farm and ranch
d)
fight Native Americans
45.
Why did many Americans and immigrants move west after the Civil War?
a)
to work as cowhands
b)
to own land
c)
to fight Native Americans
d)
to live in California
46.
What was the main reason Native Americans resisted settlement of the West?
a)
did not want to be farmers and ranchers
b)
did not support the building of railroads
c)
did not want to lose their land
d)
wanted to discover gold and silver
47.
This invention allowed homesteaders to dig wells deep enough to access water.
a)
steel plow
b)
reaper
c)
sod house
d)
windmill
48.
This invention help westward settlers keep cattle from wandering off their land.
a)
steep plows
b)
windmills
c)
barbed wire
d)
reapers
49.
Which invention had the greatest impact on westward expansion?
a)
ships
b)
covered wagons
c)
automobiles
d)
railroads
50.
Harsh winters, low rainfall and frequent dust storms are examples of what?
a)
reasons for new forms of transportation
b)
climate of the Great Plains
c)
climate of the Northeast
d)
reasons for westward expansion
51.
This adaptation was used because of the lack of wood on the Great Plains.
a)
dry farming
b)
beef cattle
c)
sod houses
d)
Russian wheat
52.
This was used for farmers to have a successful crop on the Great Plains.
a)
compost piles
b)
organic farming
c)
crop rotation
d)
dry farming
53.
What group of people were sent to reservations to live?
a)
settlers moving west
b)
African Americans
c)
Chinese Immigrants
d)
American Indians
54.
Which was a big problem faced by Indians on reservations?
a)
the reservations were located close to towns and cities.
b)
the reservations were located on dry wastelands that were unwanted by settlers.
c)
the reservations were separated by railroads.
d)
the reservations were separate from other tribes.
55.
Where was the golden spike driven to complete the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
b)
El Paso, Texas
c)
Promontory Point, Utah
d)
San Francisco, California
56.
Which immigrants were used as workers on the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Japanese and Norwegian
b)
Chinese and Irish
c)
Siamese and French
d)
Korean and Russian
57.
Which act made the opportunity to own land possible?
a)
Pacific Railroad Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Reconstruction Act
d)
Civil Rights Act
58.
This Indian chief led the Nez Perce' in an attempt to flee to Canada. His famous quote was, "I will fight no more forever."
a)
Geronimo
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Chief Joseph
d)
Wounded Knee
59.
What was the land set aside by the government for Indian relocation called?
a)
The Reservation system
b)
Communes
c)
Slavery
d)
Settlement Houses
60.
Which Lakota Indian chief was killed by whites in the Battle of Wounded Knee?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Chief Joseph
d)
George Custer
61.
Which group of people might have said, "I am moving west for a new beginning!" ?
a)
American Indians
b)
Homesteaders
c)
Former enslaved African Americans
d)
Factory owners
62.
____________________ means adapting to a new culture or way of life.
a)
Adaptation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Aggravation
d)
Association
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