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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
About how many months did it take for the average family to travel to the Great Plains by wagon?
10 days
3 weeks
3-4 months
2-3 years
What state was most of the gold in during the Gold Rush of 1849?
Texas
Virginia
Michigan
California
What was the Nez Perce Tribe known for?
Peace
Rebellion
Money
All of the above
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer?
free passage to go look for gold
160 free acres of land in the Great Plains
free 160 acres of land in the Eastern US
40 acres of land for former slaves
How long did people need to live in the West in order to actually own their 160 acres for free?
4 months
5 years
10 years
until the Transcontinental Railroad was built
How many companies were hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
1
2
3
4
What state was there a lot of silver in?
California
Virginia
Nevada
Texas
True or False
One reason people moved out west was because they wanted an adventure.
true
false
Were former slaves allowed to take advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862?
yes
no
What state did a lot of former slaves move to in the West?
California
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
What city did the trains take the cattle to in order for them to be butchered and sold?
Dodge City
Chicago
Houston
San Francisco
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
George Custer and the US Army
Sitting Bull and the Native Americans
True/False
Water pumping windmills could not be operated if there wasn't any wind.
True
False
