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Chapter 3 Westward Expansion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1865 how did most Americans view the Great Plains?

a)

as a vast wasteland

b)

as a place to start farming

c)

as a great desert

d)

a place only Indians would live

2.

What part did the Chinese have in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

played a small part

b)

significant part

c)

no part at all

3.

What treaty gave land and money to the Cherokee if they moved west of the Mississippi?

a)

Fort Laramie Treaty

b)

Treaty of New Echota

c)

The Dawes Treaty

4.

What law was passed that gave 160-acres of land to settlers for moving to the Plains?

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Indian Removal Act

d)

The Settlers Act

5.

Which word/phrase best fits n the space, so that the sentence makes sense? " A railroad across the country would make the United States a __________ of trade between Asia and Europe.

a)

barrier

b)

tunnel

c)

corridor

d)

conduit

6.

What word best fits in the space, so that the sentence makes sens? "The use of the Suez Canal meant that the European trade could _____________ the United States when it came to trading in Asia.

a)

circumvent

b)

continue

c)

bypass

d)

trade

7.

identify the definition of: depleted

a)

to exhaust the supply of

b)

to become tires

c)

something radioactive

d)

to not have

8.

Buffaloes were killed . . .

a)

conduit

b)

en masse

c)

visionary

d)

innovation

9.

America would be the "go between"

a)

conduit

b)

en masse

c)

visionary

d)

innovation

10.

The Transcontinental R.R was completed on May 10, 1869.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The two railroads met in Las Vegas, Nevada to dive the last railroad spike into the ground.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

It was President Abraham Lincoln who authorized the building of the Transcontinental R.R.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Abraham Lincoln hammered in the last spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which set is in the correct chronological order?

a)

The Dawes Act, Treaty of New Echota, Indian Removal Act

b)

Indian Removal Act, Treaty of New Echota, The Dawes Act

c)

Treaty of New Echota, Indian Removal Act, The Dawes Act

15.

How did President Jackson react to the Supreme Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

Although he disagreed with the court, he ensured that the court’s ruling was enforced.

b)

He adamantly refused to enforce the decision because he wanted the Indians to move.

c)

He did nothing because he was not President when the decision was handed down.

d)

He vetoed the ruling and made sure the Indians were removed.