WorksheetsWestward Expansion-Tensions in the West
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which group would disagree with the following statement?
"Owning a plot of land gives me freedom".
Texas ranchers
U.S. Government
American Indians
What was not an effect of the Homestead Act?
Increase to U.S farms
Increase in American railway lines
Decrease of settlers moving west
What contributed to the HUGE increase of settlers moving to the West?
War in Europe
Chance of better opportunities/jobs
Fear of American Indian land
What did the U.S. government promise railroad companies for building the railroad?
paid for all supplies
provided subsidies (in the form of land)
provided all the laborers
What group was most responsible for the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese immigrants
California miners
Great Plains homesteaders
Which group was negatively impacted by the Transcontinental Railroad?
Plains Indians
Cattle Ranchers
Irish immigrants
How did mining change the West?
by improving the landscape
opened areas to new settlement
established law and order
What caused the Plains people to finally move to reservations?
Money
opportunity to own their own land
extermination of the buffalo
Which of these describe the long drive?
the movement of cattle to the railroad lines
the path leading the Nez Perce to Canada
the path followed by buffalo hunters in the Great Plains
What was generally the last step in this sequence?
Gold discovered
mining camps
boomtowns
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gold rush
ghost towns
crime waves
Which of these was a challenge for farmers on the Great Plains?
unreliable rainfall
conflict with ranchers
miners intruding on land
What material did homesteaders use to build their homes on the Great Plains?
wood
sod
brick
Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, what was promised to the American Indians?
land in the Great Plains
protections of homelands
homes on reservations in the east
What changed federal policy (Indian Removal Act) toward American Indians?
destruction of the buffalo
development of the West
popular belief that they had been mistreated
After a successful 20 years, what caused the end of the long drive?
growth of cities
weather conditions
government regulations
What was the significance of the Battle of the Little Horn?
It was a famous U.S. Army victory
If forced Congress to honor treaties
It was the last big battle between the army and American Indians
