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WorksheetsUnit 1 - Westward Expansion Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which group of people were hired by the US government to take out the buffalo population?
Marksmen
Sharpshooters
Tyrants
Native Americans
What is an example of a mountain obstacle those going west faced?
Rocky Mountains
DeHart Mountains
Canada Mountains
All of the Above
When going west, where did the pioneers settle first?
The Great Plains
Tennessee
The West Coast
Wherever they wanted
Which of the following are correct? (There will be more than one answer).
The pioneers faced unpredictable weather.
The pioneers faced disease.
The journey was an easy one, much like today.
They would travel on trails and in wagons.
What were the four river systems Pioneers would see heading west?
Colorado River
Mississippi River
Haglier River
Snake River
Columbia River
The climate of the Great Plains was...
Wet
Soggy
Dry
Full of trees
How much land was given to those who were part of the Homestead Act?
100 acres
160 acres
300 acres
0 acres
What is NOT an example of conflict?
a. to dislike someone
b. to disagree with another person
c. to fight with another person
d. to work together with another person
When white soldiers massacured Native American women and children, it was called the ________?
Civil War
Bull Creek Massacre
WWIII
Sand Creek Massacre
The name of the leader of the Lakota tribe was _______.
Marking Bull
Sitting Bull
Sacaguia
Night Rider
What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do?
Provided land grants for white settlers in the US.
Made Native Americans run for a seat in the US government.
Give Native Americans their land back.
Took the tribal lands of the reservation and divided it up into farms for individual Native American families.
Which of the following was NOT part of the assimilation (making Natives lose their cultures) process in the US?
The Dawes Act of 1887
Native Americans being forced to lose their culture.
The Homestead Act
Taking Native American children and sending them to boarding schools.
