WorksheetsWestward Expansion Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
what vast land of area is located on this map?
The east
the central west
western plateau
Great Plains
How did railroads impact Westward Expansion?
It made it easier for Native Americans to survive, because they had easier access to food sources
It made it harder because land in the west was too expensive
It made it harder for food and resources to be shipped west
It made it easier by shrinking the time it took to travel out west by weeks
How did the Homestead Act impact settlement out West?
Land was too expensive, so only the wealthiest Americans could afford it
Made land available for more Americans and European immigrants, who then moved Westward
Allowed Native American to claim new territories
It made it harder for settlers to move west
3) What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?
It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper
Conflicts with the Native Americans increased
The US government made millions from the Homestead Act
It caused a decrease in taxes on big business
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty
NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers
NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers
2) How did the U.S. try and assimilate the Native Americans and immigrants?
They educated the groups in schools before allowing them into the country
They forced them to speak English and adopt American customs
They kidnapped children of these groups and educated them in foster homes
They did not try and assimilate the groups
2) Which describes the Dawes Act?
It offered free land to settlers
It forced the Native Americans to assimilate or be moved to reservations
How did the development of the railroad impact the buffalo population?
the amount of buffalo did not change
the amount of buffalo decreased
the amount of buffalo increased
buffalo migrated east
