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Western Expansion Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________________________ allowed mail to be delivered from Missouri to California in just 10 days.

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Pony Express

c)

Telegraph

d)

Wagon Trails

2.

The Union Pacific Railroad Company built track _____________ from Omaha, NE.

a)

east

b)

west

c)

north

d)

south

3.

The Central Pacific Railroad Company built track ___________________ from Sacramento, CA.

a)

east

b)

west

c)

north

d)

south

4.

The Homestead Act gave people ____________ acres of free land if they met certain requirements.

a)

100

b)

360

c)

60

d)

160

5.

Name the advantages of living in a soddie (multiple answers)

a)

warm in the winter

b)

cold in the winter

c)

fireproof

d)

cool in the summer

6.

Name two disadvantages of living in a soddie

a)

rats, snakes, and insects could get inside

b)

roof would leak

c)

was expensive to build

d)

took a large amount of wood to build

7.

What is an exoduster?

a)

African American escaped slave

b)

Mexican American pioneer

c)

African American pioneer

d)

a Homesteader moving west

8.

Samuel Morse invented the ____________________, which allowed people to communicate quickly.

a)

telephone

b)

telegraph

c)

pony express

d)

microphone

9.

Cattle drives started in the state of ________________ as cowboys moved cattle to the north.

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Colorado

d)

Oregon

10.

Boomtowns lasted until the ______________ ran out, and then they became known as ____________towns.

a)

food, ghost

b)

gold, free

c)

money, empty

d)

gold, ghost

11.

Land set aside for Native Americans is called a

a)

village

b)

plantation

c)

reservation

d)

camp