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Western Expansion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
a)
Union Pacific Railroad
b)
Central Pacific Railroad
c)
Missouri Railroad
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
2.
Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act.
a)
Native Americans forced to Americanize
b)
Forced them to become farmers
c)
Native Americans became wealthy landowners
d)
Abolished Native American Tribes
3.
Which of the following helps to explain the reason for American expansionism in the mid-1800s and early 1900s?
a)
The United States sought new markets for agricultural and industrial products
b)
The United States wanted to establish colonies in Asia, Africa, and Australia
c)
United States foreign policy rejected the theory of "Social Darwinism
d)
The United States military wanted to establish overseas bases and recruit from those locations
4.

How did the transcontinental railroad impact the US?

a)

it destroyed the Native American's way of life

b)

settlement of the frontier increased

c)

trade around the nation expands

d)

all of the above

5.

Why did many Native Americans not like the white settlers?

a)

they killed their buffalo

b)

they broke promises and treaties

c)

they took their land

d)

All of the above

6.
Who led 600 American soldiers in an attack against 12,000 Sioux and Cheyenne in the Battle of Little Big Horn? 
a)
John Chivington
b)
George Armstrong Custer
c)
Sitting Bull
d)
Phillip Sherman.
7.

These were created with the primary objective of assimilating Native American children and youth, who were required to attend, into American culture.

a)

Indian Boarding School

b)

Settlement House

c)

Half way house

d)

Reservation school

8.

To be absorbed into the main culture of a society.

a)

Americanization

b)

Appropriation

c)

Assimilate

d)

Adaptation

9.

Which act gave states land grants to establish agricultural universities like Penn State University?

a)

The Morrill Act

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The Kansas Nebraska Act

10.

Which of these colleges was created out of the Morrill Act?

a)

University of Maine

b)

North Dakota University

c)

University of Wyoming

d)

Ohio State University

e)

Clown College

11.

When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?

a)

1869

b)

1873

c)

1909

d)

1808

12.

What incentives were given to railroads during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Land

b)

Horses

c)

Coal

d)

Cash

13.

What was the first organization to take on big corporations/monopolies?

a)

Women's suffrage

b)

NAACP

c)

the Union Army

d)

The Grange

14.
Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys?
a)
The use of sod for houses
b)
The invention of barbed wire
c)
The development of railroads
d)
The disappearance of big mining companies
15.
Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians?
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
The Little Bighorn
c)
Bull Run
d)
Falling Timbers

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