WorksheetsWestward Expansion Part One Review 19-20
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What city was known as the Gateway to the West?
Oregon City, OR
St. Louis, MO
Las Vegas, AZ
Promontory Point, UT
What were 2 ways settlers traveled out West?
Transcontinental Railroad
Airplane
Car
Covered Wagon
At first, most settlers skipped the Great Plains--which they called the Great American Desert-- and moved to California in search of gold. Why did they skip it?
They didn't realize what rich farmland could be found there.
They were allergic to all the grass.
The railroad workers killed all the buffalo and there wasn't enough food.
They didn't want to be cowboys.
What was the Native Americans' main food source?
corn
buffalo
deer
wheat
What caused the Indian Wars to begin?
The Native Americans were angry about settlers cutting down all the trees to build houses and fences.
The Native Americans were angry about the price of train tickets.
The Native Americans were angry about losing their territory.
The Native Americans were angry about not being paid by railroad bosses.
The US government removed Native Americans from their native land, forcing them onto ________________________.
Reservations
Resorts
Great Plains
the East Coast
Dividing up parcels of reservation land into individual farms is known as _____________________.
reservation
removal
severalty
crop rotation
Which of the following are examples of ways settlers impacted the environment and changed the land out West. (choose 3)
killed buffalo almost to the point of extinction
dug irrigation ditches
plowed and graded (or leveled) land
planted trees to use for houses and fences
Which of the following was NOT a challenge for settlers moving out West during the spring?
rains and early spring snows made trails impassable
Storms and tornadoes
hailstorms destroy crops
Blazing hot temperatures
Which of the following was NOT a challenge during the summer for settlers moving west?
Snow storms
Hot dry, conditions; drought
dust storms
swarms of insects
Which of the following was NOT a challenge for settlers moving west during the winter?
Heavy snows made trails impassable
Avalanches
Freezing temperatures
Dust storms
Travelers to the West had to travel across not only the plains, but also major rivers like ________________________, ____________________, _________________________, and _____________________. (Choose 4)
the Mississippi
the Congaree River
the Columbia River
the Colorado River
the Snake River
Which major mountain range presented challenges for settlers moving West? (Choose 1)
The Blue Ridge Mountains
The Alps
The Andes Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
How did railroads impact the Native American's main food source?
Railroad owners hired riflemen to shoot buffalo them and leave them to rot.
They fenced in the buffalo herd so the Native American's couldn't hunt.
The trains scared the buffalo herds away.
The railroad companies shipped the buffalo to meat markets back East.
