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Westward Expansion

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am a town that pops up when gold and silver is discovered

a)

Boom town

b)

Gold town

c)

Ghost town

d)

Both A and C

2.

A town that became vacant when the gold mines closed

a)

Boom town

b)

Ghost town

c)

Dead Town

d)

Both B and C

3.

The railroad that crossed the nation from one side of the continent to the other side was called

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Super Railroad

c)

National Railroad

d)

None of the above

4.

What famous general died with all of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

George Custer

5.

What law gave free land to settlers after farming that land for five years

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Reservation Act

d)

Farmers' Law

6.

An understanding of something is called

a)

Assimilate

b)

Perception

c)

Metal

d)

Reservation

7.

What was the areas that American Indians were forced on to after being pushed from their homes

a)

Assimilate

b)

Perception

c)

Metal

d)

Reservations

8.

The process of absorbing one cultural group into another is called

a)

Assimilate

b)

Perception

c)

Metal

d)

Reservation

9.

The Battle of Little Bighorn was rare because it was one of only a few battles that...

a)

Both sides were slaughtered

b)

Native Americans defeated the US Army

c)

took place in the Southeast

d)

Al of the above

10.

US Army fired on Native American even they waved the flag of surrender was at..

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Wounded Foot

c)

Wounded Arm

d)

Wounded Eye