WorksheetsWestward Expansion 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What city was known as "The Gateway to the West?"
a)
New York City
b)
Atlanta
c)
St. Louis
d)
Washington, D.C.
2.
The Great Plains were called...
a)
The Sunny Fields
b)
America's Breadbasket
c)
America's Dessert
d)
America's Wasteland
3.
What invention made planting in the soil easier?
a)
Wooden Plow
b)
Steel Plow
c)
Shovels
d)
Rakes
4.
All of these were challenges settlers in the West faced, EXCEPT..
a)
Unpredictable climate
b)
Noisy neighbors
c)
Hard, dry soil
d)
Swarms of insects
5.
As the West was settled, what was the effect on the bison population?
a)
It remained the same
b)
The bison population increased
c)
The bison population was greatly reduced
d)
Native Americans rescued the bison
6.
What was the name of the railroad that crossed the United States?
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
America's Railroad
c)
The United Railway
d)
Trans-Pacific Railroad
7.
Which of the following was a conflict between cowboys and ranchers?
a)
There was no conflict
b)
Farmers built large ranches with barbed wire fence and cowboys did not want to be fenced in.
c)
Cowboys wanted to drive the cattle herds, but ranchers didn't
d)
Ranchers wanted to keep the cattle for themselves
8.
Which of the following was a conflict between Asian Americans and white Americans?
a)
Asian Americans worked on the railroad.
b)
Asian Americans were discriminated against and not paid as much.
c)
Asian Americans laid track from West to East.
d)
Asian Americans immigrated to California.
9.
True or false: Treaties between the United States government and the Native Americans were always kept.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which of the following triggered the removal of the Lakota Sioux from the Black Hills of North Dakota?
a)
The USA just wanted to
b)
The discovery of gold
c)
Fighting over land
d)
Fighting over buffalo
11.
What did the Transcontinental Railroad do?
a)
Brought new settlers to the West.
b)
Allowed for trade.
c)
Created air pollution.
d)
All of the above.
12.
How did the Railroad affect Native Americans?
a)
It killed their bison and took their land. Native Americans moved to reservations.
b)
It allowed Native Americans to hunt easier.
c)
It gave Native Americans jobs.
d)
Native Americans loved it.
13.
Which one was a hardship for pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail?
a)
disease
b)
running out of gas
c)
crossing the Appalachian Mountains
d)
War Hawks
14.
What battle ended Native American resistance?
a)
The Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
The Indian Wars
c)
The Sandhill Massacre
d)
The Battle at Wounded Knee
15.
Which of these was a result of the Californian Gold Rush?
a)
California became a state
b)
Everyone found gold and became rich
c)
Lewis and Clark became national heroes
d)
Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem
16.
A _____________ was a place where the population grows very quickly.
a)
wagon train
b)
boomtown
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
building full of dynamite
17.
Who controlled the land known as Louisiana before Jefferson bought it?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Mexico
18.
Texans fight for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
19.
What is the name of the Treaty that ends the Mexican-American war?
a)
Treaty of 1783
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d)
Adams-Onis Treaty
20.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
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