Worksheetswestward expansion
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 2hrs 6mins
Who is one of the most famous long hunters?
(a)
Daniel Boone was a (check all that apply)
hunter
trapper
guide
stone thrower
Which two routes did Daniel Boone take on his journey in 1769?
turnpike
Appalachian Mountains
Cumberland Gap
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What major thing did Daniel Boone and his group do that benefitted the West?
planted corn all along the route
Cut a continuous road nearly 300 miles through the Cumberland Gap
Started Beaver plantations
Made friends with all the Native American women
Check all that apply: Because of Boone's travels West, what states benefitted by being allowed into the Union?
ARkansas
Kentucky
TEnnessee
Ohio
Which southern town became a very important port city?
(a)
New Orleans was an important port city because of its ideal location on what river?
(a)
What river was important for western travel, settlement, and transportation of goods?
Mississippi
Algonquan
Ohio
Because New Orleans became such an important city, who began to worry about its security?
George Washington
Alfred Einstein
Courtney Lavioisier
Thomas Jefferson
In order to keep New Orleans safe, the American government looked into purchasing the
Louisiana Territory
Ohio valley
Midwest rainbelt
Who controlled both New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory?
(a)
What major product was shuttled up and down the Mississippi and traded in New Orleans which eventually made its way to Europe?
(a)
who was the leader of France who wished to rebuild France in North America?
(a)
Why did Napoleon's plan to rebuild in North American fail?
Jefferson and Napoleon didn't agree
France was too heavily in financial debt
The enslaved Africans revolted and gained freedom
None of the above
Who sold Louisiana to Jefferson?
Tewksbury
Talleyrand
Tallyho
Talagalucha
What was a benefit to buying Lousiana?
all the sweets we could eat
more slaves
doubling the size of the US
tobacco farms
Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to explore for what reasons? (Check all that apply)
find a river route to the West
learn more about the land out west
get information on the Native Americans who lived there
See if he could purchase Texas
What does the following quote mean? "You can't put doors on open country."
The Americans kept plundering the new villages
The Americans wouldn't stay out of the Louisiana area
The goverment kept seizing land from wealthy white owners
What was the Corps of Discovery?
the skilled frontiersmen who journeyed with Lewis and Clark
the followers of Sacajewea
the stonemasons and architects of the railway
What animal is largely responsible for westward expansion?
otter
bison
cow
beaver
What did Lewis find so impressive about the Great Plains?
the open grassland and the quantity of bison and buffalo and elk
the open cat farms
the abundance of sunshine
the ladies
What Shoshone joined Lewis and Clark on their expeditions and helped to translate and share knowledge of the geography?
(a)
Why was it important for Lewis and Clark to have Sacagawea on their side during the expedition?
Because they needed to have good relations with the Native Americans so they could get needed supplies
to have a place to stop and pee
to be able to spy for the American government
Were Lewis and Clarke successful in their journey? If yes, why? If no, why?
What explorer was arrested on suspicion of being a spy?
(a)
Which explorer made a detailed report of his travels including geology, botany, and climate.
John Beauxbaton
Lewis
Clark
Fremont
Who created the American Fur Company?
John Jacob Aster
Napoleon
Sacagawea
Fremont
Which group helped to revolutionize the fur trading industry out west?
Frontiersmen
mountain men
green berets
Many families traveled West along which trail?
(a)
Check all that apply: What were some struggles of the journey west along the Oregon Trail?
six month journey
the cost ($600 for a family of 4)
families were young (hard to travel with youngsters)
traveling with herds of animals
had to walk much of the trail to save the animals pulling the heavy carts
How did the weather affect the families traveling west along the Oregon Trail?
Which trail went from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico?
(a)
What was the motivating factor for people to cross the blazing deserts and rough mountains of the Santa Fe Trail?
high profits for traders
optimal sunshine
Native American recipes
What was the name of the group of people who traveled west seeking religious freedom? They were led by Joseph Smith.
(a)
What contained the golden tablets of religious teachings?
(a)
In what western state did many Mormons make home?
(a)
Despite the fact that the Mormon population in Utah exploded, and despite the fact that church membership grew rapidly, why were Mormons persecuted?
they practiced polygamy, the practice of marrying more than one woman at a time
they practiced matriarchy, the idea of making the woman the head of household
they practice poligarchy, the idea of believing in three gods
Who became the head of the Mormon church after Smith's murder in 1844?
(a)
Name two ways in which the Native Americans were affected by Westward Expansion.
Why were the cowboys nervous about Westward expansion?
settlers were sectioning off their land so cowboys could no longer roam freely
they were worried there would be no herds of cows left to eat
they feared for their fur trading businesses
What created opportunities for wealth and brought more settlers to the west?
deposits of iron and ore
diamond mines
deposits of gold and silver
milking cows
What do you call an area of American that has not yet been explored and is undeveloped?
(a)
When did California gain admission to the Union?
(a)
Most of the minerals settlers looked for were located in what state?
Nebraska
New England
nevada
Neopia
What did Henry Comstock do?
discovered a huge deposit of gold and silver in nevada
murdered Little Giant Chief
developed hydraulic mining
Settlers moved west. Settlers moved west to mine silver and gold. They were successful. Business boomed. Demand for more gold and silver rose. The companies wanted to produce more silver and gold. They hired more settlers to work the mines. More people moved west to work the mines and they cycle continued. However, the mines were hard. Why? (check all that apply)
unsafe equipment
loud thunderstorms
elevator platforms without walls
dark tunnels
unclean, dusty air
Explain how a boomtown becomes a ghosttown.
Which of the following was big business in the west? (check all that apply)
mining gold
mining silver
cattle industry
helium
Which trail ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas and was one of the most popular routes for cattle drives?
(a)
According to the text you see here, why were cowboys misunderstood?
Cattle Kingdom was a term used to describe the abundance of cattle in the west, the cattle farms, and the farmland that had been divided by the newly developed barbed wire. Eventually Cattle Kingdom failed. Why?
too many chickens
cowboys all died
cows ate up all the prairie grass and nothing to eat and died
dust bowls
What was a series of messengers used to carry mail West?
(a)
Using the text above, describe how the Pony Express worked.
what does transcontinental mean?
goes from one state to the next state over
pans the whole country (coast to coast)
The Transcontinental Railway could not have been completed without government help in the form of loans and land grants. These were because of the passing of the
(a)
Which two companies led the race to the complete the transcontinental railway?
the USC rail company
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Northern Pacific
Which two groups of immigrant workers largely made up the workforce on the railway?
Russians
Irish
English
Chinese
According to the text above, why did the rail companies struggle to build the Transcontinental Railway?
When the railway from the west met the railway from the east in Promontory, Utah, what was used to connect the two railways?
(a)
What did the completion of the railroad do to life in the west? (check all that apply)
population growth and the ability to buy land
economic growth for businesses to ship materials to the east
better transportation for goods and people
unification of different areas of the country
development of time zones (including standard time)
What led to the cattle boom?
open land for grazing (lots of grass)
barbed wire to make farmland divisions
cowboys
trains
Why were the Native Americans so upset about the settlers moving west? (check two)
Native Americans wanted a portion of the gold sales
The government had promised the Native Americans they could have their land but then the government manipulated the Native Americans and didn't do as they had promised.
the Native Americans felt they owned the lands and the settlers were taking what they didn't have a right to
None of the above
When the settlers began encroaching upon the Plains Indian's land, the American government began to get nervous for the safety of the settlers. To try and protect the people, the government made what with the Plains Indians?
(a)
The territory of the Plains Indians stretched from Canada to what southern state?
(a)
Among the Indians of the west, there many tribes. These included Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pawnee, and the Sioux. They all spoke many different languages and had different customs. So, how did they communicate with each other?
(a)
for survival, the Plains Indians depended on which two animals?
buffalo
turtle
fish
horse
Check all that apply: What did the Plains people use buffalo for?
decorating
shelter
clothing
utensils
tools
What was the first major treaty between the US government and the Plains Indians?
Treaty of Fair Trade
Treaty of Fort Atkinson
Treaty of For Laramie
Treaty of Combined Sioux
Who was the Sioux chief who ambushed and killed 81 American cavalry troops?
(a)
According the passage above, why did the Plains Indians start a war with the Americans traveling west?
What is a reservation?
areas of federal land set aside for Native Americans
areas of federal land set aside for settlers
areas of land set aside for cattle breeding
What was one big problem for the Native Americans while living on reservations?
they couldn't sew elaborate costumes
they couldn't feed their families corn
they couldn't hunt buffalo
What did the US government do when the Native Americans resisted moving to reservations?
take away their food rations
outlaw them
Call Europe for help
sent in troops to force the Indians to leave the land
Based on what you know, why was the American response to the Native Americans unjust or unfair?
The Indians called the African American cavalry troops who fought for the US government what because of their curly, short hair, and fighting spirit which mimicked that of buffalo?
(a)
the Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between which two groups?
Sioux and Cheyenne tribes
Cowboys
George Armstrong Custer's troops
small US government immigrant troops
What was the 300 mile march of the Navajo by the US Army?
Skipping Torture
Extended Mosey
Bleeding Knee
Long Walk
Leader of the Nez Perce?
Chief Joseph
General Custer
Geronimo
Sacagawea
who was the Apache tribe member that led raids on both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border and evaded capture for years?
Crying Deer
Geronimo
Sacagawea
Major Hampton
According to the passage, how did Chief Joseph help his people? (Hint.... did he also help them at the end of their journey?)
What did the Dawes General Allotment Act promise to the Native Americans but not deliver?
(a)
What's the difference between the Homestead Act and the Morrill Act?
African Americans who left the South in large groups and headed for Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois are known as
(a)
What is a "new" way of farming that shifted away from water-dependent crops like corn?
dry farming
Water relinquishment farming
less water farming
No farming at all
Because the settlers had to work so hard to create a life, they often had to break up the very tough Plains grasses. This earned the Plains farmers the nickname
sodbuster
grassbuster
dirtbuster
Why was life on the Plains hard for the settlers?
They didn't have knowledge of the area like the Indians did
They didn't have the right equipment to do the work
They didn't have any money left by the time they arrived
The ground was extremely hard to work in
No babysitters
Read the above passage and answer the question on Supply and Demand.
What was a social and educational organization for farmers that campaigned for politicians who would fight for laws and regulations that benefitted Western farmers?
national grange
National steer
National United Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
WHat two things did the Populist Party believe the government should own?
farm land
automotive industry
railroads
telephone and telegraph systems
The end of the frontier days is marked by the Oklahoma Land Rush. List two facts about that time (use the above passage).
