WorksheetsM2 Westward Expansion Assessment
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 31mins
How did the western expansion impact the buffalo population?
the amount of buffalo did not change
this almost caused the buffalo's extinction
the amount of buffalo increased
buffalo migrated east
What was the cause of a town becoming a ghost town?
the gold runs out in the local mine
ghosts scared the people away
both
none of the above
Hydraulic mining is...?
extracting gold by using high pressure water
circling dirt and rocks from a river in a pan so the heavier gold stays
digging tunnels and blasting
Which of the following was an effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
they became rich
they were forced to live on reservations and live in poverty
they fought off the settlers and formed their own country: Indiana
Native American culture became widely adopted by white settlers
William McKinley was supported by the ____________ and was the __________ Presidential candidate in 1896.
miners and was the Whig
bimedalists and was the Populist
Southerners and was the Democrat
goldbugs and was the Republican
Exodusters choose to move west in hopes of finally owning land and escaping discrimination. They were:
barbed wire fences
transformer
What technology revolutionized farming in the west?
Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
Morse code
horses
cars
What types of WEATHER hazards did pioneers face?
Starvation
Sickness or disease
Fights with Native Americans
Spring floods, winter snows, and tornadoes
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 allow settlers to do?
Own 160 acres of land that they settled on after 5 years
Why did the cattle industry become a big business in the late 1800s?
Ranchers and businessmen developed a plan to supply eastern populations with food
longhorn cattle could survive the long drive
Young men were eager to get off the farm and work long hard hours
all of the above
A town that has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.
homestead
frontier
boomtown
Great Plains
Herding cattle from Texas to the Kansas railroads by horseback was called the:
long drive
homestead
buffalo soldier
frontier
Cowboys that came from Mexico with the Spanish during the 1500s - 1800s were called
delinquents
vigilantes
vaqueros
Sitting Bull
Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes
boomtown
reservation
frontier
Great Plains
1864 - attack where U.S. troops killed more than 150 Cheyenne men, women, and children
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Great Plains Disaster
Lakoda chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were hunting for gold on his tribal lands
Vaquero
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Soldier
Little Know It All
1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne forces wipe out a force of U.S. troops under George A. Custer at the ...
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Gettysburg
Native Americans called African Americans who were serving in the army...
Exodusters
buffalo soldiers
vaqueros
boomtown
The Dawes Act...
gave Native Americans more land
forced the native population onto reservations
borrowed land from the Native Americans
broke up tribal lands by dividing them into individual plots of 160 acres, and enforcing assimilation
During Westward Expansion many settlers believed this was the opportunity of a lifetime. Why?
No government in the history of the world gave land away for free. Ever.
People had to mine for precious metals before it ran out
The freedom, danger and excitement of the west would soon be gone forever.
all of the above
Bimetallism inflates money by tying the dollar to
gold and silver
silver
gold
steel
He was the Democratic nominee for President in 1896, capturing much of the South and the West.
William McKinley
Bob Saget
Ash Ketchum
William Jennings Bryan
The Populist Party was soon adopted by the __________ Party, which absorbed many of its policies, and people.
Whig Party
Grange
Democratic
Republican
One reason that farmers organized alliances was because of ....
Assimilation, in the area of our study, means...
to become alien
to forget your name
to leave your home
to be forced into another culture
Which of the following was NOT, repeat, "NOT" a result of the Homestead Act?
increased conflict between settlers and Native Americans
increased westward migration
protection of the rights of Native Americans
opening up the frontier to farming and ranching
Who was the Lakota leader who won the Battle of Little Big Horn, escaped to Canada and returned to star in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show?
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Custer
Little Bull
How were Native Americans forced to assimilate?
Their children were sent to white schools.
They were only taught in English.
Reservation land was divided into private lands by the Dawes Act
All of the above.
What economic problems confronted American farmers in the 1890s?
dollars were being taken out of circulation, causing deflation
The values on the farms rose
Crop production boomed, decreasing the price of food
All of the above
Increased farm produce was the result of:
cheap land, more farmers, technology
expensive land, expensive technology
cheap land, fewer farmers, technology
more farmers, more money, expensive land
Cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of Texas
Cornhusker
Sooner
Longhorn
Cowboy
Cyrus McCormick invented this to improve crop harvesting
placer mining
the steel plow
the reaper machine
the Grim Reaper
The Massacre at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief's followers
continued hunting buffalo and stealing cattle
tried to farm on government land
fled the reservation to dance the Ghost Dance that had been foolishly banned
returned from Canada
How did the rise of the cowboy and the cattle drives begin?
when the Revolutionary War ended
when the Homestead Act was passed
When the railroad and the Chisolm trail met in Abiline, Kansas
All of the above
10 Points. TEEES Paragraph. (Topic Sentence, Explain the claim, evidence, explain the evidence, evaluate the strength of your claim based upon evidence and your analysis.) You have 15 minutes.
Question: Chief Joseph noted that white men were always in a hurry. Describe any of the factors that we studied which might have pushed or pulled settlers to hurry with a TEEES paragraph.
