WorksheetsChapter 3 - Westward Expansion
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 20mins
A railroad that crosses the whole continent is called...
Continent Railroad
Union Railroad
Central Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
What immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad? (Choose 2)
Chinese
Irish
Russian
French
What were the names of the two railroad companies that built the transcontinental railroad? (Choose 2)
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Atlantic Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Oklahoma Pacific Railroad Company
When the two railroad companies met in Promotory, Utah, they took turns doing this...
Racing down the railroad on horses
Riding the train back and forth
Tapping a golden spike into the railroad
Giving each other high-fives
Unsettled open land is called the...
Ranch
Woods
Transcontinental Railroad
Frontier
Moving a herd of longhorns north is called a ....
Cattle Drive
Home on the Range
Frontier
Reservation
The person in charge of the cattle drive is called the...
Wrangler
Chuck Wagon
Trail Boss
Cowboy
Special Symbol on the hind of cattle used to identify what ranch he belongs to is called a ....
Brand
Sticker
Birthmark
Freckle
This could happen when a herd of cattle was suddenly frightened.
Party
Pity Party
Stampede
Cow Dance
This was a type of wild cattle that roamed free in Texas in the 1800's.
Longhorn
Buffalo
Elephants
Deer
A town in the west that grew quickly was called a ...
ghost town
boomtown
hopping town
party town
A town in the west with empty buildings and silent streets was called a ...
boomtown
silent town
sleepy town
ghost town
This Act allowed people to own land for 5 years and keep it after that if they built a home or farm and improved the land.
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Farm Act
Frontier Act
People who gained land from the Homestead Act were called....
Farmers
Frontiersmen
Homesteaders
Cowboys
A famous homesteader who was also an author and wrote books about her childhood.
Louisa May Alcott
Laura Ingles Wilder
E.B. White
Beatrix Potter
Land set aside for the American Indians was called a ...
Frontier
Farm
Settlement
Reservation
Chief Crazy Horse and Chief Sitting Bull led 3 tribes of American Indians in what battle?
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of the Big Tree
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Wild Longhorn
This American Colonel was Prideful and Reckless.
Colonel Custer
Colonel Sanders
Colonel Stuart
Colonel Henry
The American Government always treated the American Indians JUSTLY.
True
False
The American Indians used every part of this animal.
Horses
Longhorns
Buffalo
Moose
Some American Settlers killed Buffalo for Sport.
True
False
American Indians used buffalo for .... (pick 3)
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Sport
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn
General Custer and His Men
The American Indians
The French
The British
A missionary to the American West
Jonathan Edwards
Ezra Fisher
Laura Ingles Wilder
William Carey
People who claimed land during the Oklahoma Land Rush were called...
Sooners
Claimers
Ranchers
Boomers
These people slipped across the border before they were allowed during the Oklahoma Land Rush.
Boomers
Sooners
Ranchers
Indians
The way the settlers treated the American Indians is a GOOD example of how God wants us to treat other people.
True
False
