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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.
a)
mountains
b)
crossing rivers
c)
the great plains
d)
all of the above
3.
How did the development of the railroad impact the bison 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
4.
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
a)
the railroads helped the NA move east
b)
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
c)
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
d)
the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had
5.
What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?
a)
the gold runs out in the local mine
b)
the railroad moves its station away from the town
c)
A & B
d)
none of the above
6.
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
a)
NA could not get enough supplies and this lef 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
7.
How were the NA economically affected by displacement?
a)
NA profited from gold found on their reservations
b)
NA families were separated from their children
c)
NA lived comfortably on reservations
d)
Many NA suffered from poverty and starvation
8.
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
9.
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
10.
I just moved to America, but I'm too poor to travel to the West. Instead, I will start a family here in the city. People don't like me because I wasn't born in the United States.
a)
Asian Immigrants
b)
European Immigrants
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
African Americans
11.
I use to own land in the West. However, after the U.S. won a war against my country in the 1840s people began discriminating against me. As a result, I lost my land.
a)
Mexican American
b)
African American
c)
European Immigrants
d)
Asian American
12.
I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.
a)
African American
b)
European Immigrant
c)
Mexican American
d)
Asian Immigrant
13.
The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as
a)
The Great Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Oregon Fever
d)
The Monroe Doctrine
14.
What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?
a)
bean picker
b)
barbed wire
c)
steel plow
d)
windmills
15.
Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana
c)
Oregon
d)
California
16.
What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to California in search for gold?
a)
The Gold Rush
b)
The Gold Movement
c)
Goldilocks
d)
Gold Gathering
17.
As a result of Westward Expansion, what tragic event took the lives of over one third of the Native American people as they moved to Indian reservations?
a)
The Trail of Tears
b)
The War for Independence
c)
The French and Indian War
d)
The War of 1812
18.
What was the purpose of the steel plow
a)
to till the hard packed ground
b)
to bring scarce water to the surface
c)
to pick cotton grown in the west
d)
to increase the speed of the railroad
19.
What was not a reason that bison herds were killed by the thousands by riflemen hired by railroad owners?
a)
the buffalo trampled the railroad tracks
b)
the buffalo were in the way of progress
c)
they need the bison’s horns for tools
d)
sometimes it was just for sport or fun
20.
What major landform was the most difficult for settlers to cross on their way to California?
a)
the Great Plains
b)
The Rocky Mountains
c)
the Mississippi River
d)
the Appalachian Mountain
21.
What was a town called when it grew quickly because of the gold rush?
a)
ghost towms
b)
dead cities
c)
boomtowns
d)
abandoned villages
22.
Where did the government put Native Americans when they took their land?
a)
hotels
b)
the East Coast
c)
Mexico
d)
Reservations
23.
Which of the following ended the open ranges of the West?
a)
trains
b)
windmills
c)
barbed wire
d)
Homestead Act
24.
Which of the following was a reason the transcontinental railroad needed to be built?
a)
to carry tons of gold to the cities
b)
to connect Canada and Mexico
c)
to make a faster route to the West
d)
to deliver Chinese immigrants to the East Coast
25.
Why was St. Louis, Missouri, considered an embarkation point during Westward Expansion?
a)
It
was the largest city in the United States in 1890.
b)
Many
people traveled there to study the many different types of barks on the
trees.
c)
It
became the “Gateway to the West” because it was the city from which many
travelers started their journey westward.
d)
It
was too hot to embark from Columbia, SC.
26.
What was the name of the Apache Leader?
a)
Sitting Bull
b)
Geronimo
c)
Nez Pierce
d)
Lakota Sioux
27.
Who was the chief of the Lakota Sioux?
a)
Geronimo
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
Nez Pierce
d)
George Custard
28.
How many Men and Women were killed at Battle of Little BigHorn?
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
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