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Unit 1 - Westward Expansion Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of people were hired by the US government to take out the buffalo population?

a)

Marksmen

b)

Sharpshooters

c)

Tyrants

d)

Native Americans

2.

What is an example of a mountain obstacle those going west faced?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

DeHart Mountains

c)

Canada Mountains

d)

All of the Above

3.

When going west, where did the pioneers settle first?

a)

The Great Plains

b)

Tennessee

c)

The West Coast

d)

Wherever they wanted

4.

Which of the following are correct? (There will be more than one answer).

a)

The pioneers faced unpredictable weather.

b)

The pioneers faced disease.

c)

The journey was an easy one, much like today.

d)

They would travel on trails and in wagons.

5.

What were the four river systems Pioneers would see heading west?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Haglier River

d)

Snake River

e)

Columbia River

6.

The climate of the Great Plains was...

a)

Wet

b)

Soggy

c)

Dry

d)

Full of trees

7.

How much land was given to those who were part of the Homestead Act?

a)

100 acres

b)

160 acres

c)

300 acres

d)

0 acres

8.

What is NOT an example of conflict?

a)

a. to dislike someone

b)

b. to disagree with another person

c)

c. to fight with another person

d)

d. to work together with another person

9.

When white soldiers massacured Native American women and children, it was called the ________?

a)

Civil War

b)

Bull Creek Massacre

c)

WWIII

d)

Sand Creek Massacre

10.

The name of the leader of the Lakota tribe was _______.

a)

Marking Bull

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Sacaguia

d)

Night Rider

11.

What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do?

a)

Provided land grants for white settlers in the US.

b)

Made Native Americans run for a seat in the US government.

c)

Give Native Americans their land back.

d)

Took the tribal lands of the reservation and divided it up into farms for individual Native American families.

12.

Which of the following was NOT part of the assimilation (making Natives lose their cultures) process in the US?

a)

The Dawes Act of 1887

b)

Native Americans being forced to lose their culture.

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Taking Native American children and sending them to boarding schools.