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Westward Expansion

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
a)
to bring an end to cattle drives
b)
to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
c)
to build the Transcontinental Railroad
d)
to provide a market for steel plows
2.

The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group

a)

cultural diffusion

b)

amalgamation

c)

assimilation

d)

cultural absorption

3.

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

a)

Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

b)

Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

c)

Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

4.

All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:

a)

Native Americans were moved to reservations.

b)

Native Americans died from new diseases.

c)

Native Americans were paid well for their land.

d)

Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.

5.

As a result of more migration out west more______ began to form.

a)

Major Cities

b)

Railroads

c)

Improved agricultural land

d)

all of the above

6.

Broke up reservations in order to "americanize" the Native Americans.

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

Compromise of 1870

c)

The Dawes Act

d)

Reconstruction Act

7.

Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

8.

Which of the following offered free land in the West to encourage settlement?

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

9.

Which of the following is responsible for the end of the cattle drives?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Buffalo

c)

Barbed Wire

d)

Immigration

10.

Lack of jobs, poverty, famine, war, and persecution are all examples of:

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Push Factor

d)

Pull Factor

11.

Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all:

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Push Factors

d)

Pull Factors

12.

Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Push Factors

d)

Pull Factors

13.

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

a)

To make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate

b)

To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers

c)

To provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War

d)

To make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture

14.

How did completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?

a)

The railroad led to new discoveries of precious minerals

b)

The railroad required immense quantities of iron and coal to build

c)

The railroad frightened Indian tribes, who retreated to reservations

d)

The railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back east

15.

A technique of plowing and planting seeds deep to reach the moist soil.

a)

crop rotation

b)

dry farming

c)

wet farming

16.

What was the result of the Battle of Little Big Horn?

a)

Custer and his soldiers were victorious against the Sioux.

b)

Custer and the Sioux signed a peace agreement.

c)

Custer and his men were all killed by the Sioux.

17.

The confrontation at Wounded Knee occurred because the chief’s followers …

a)

performed a Ghost Dance ritual.

b)

left their reservation.

c)

raided nearby farms.

d)

continued hunting buffalo.

18.

The rapidly growing communites that appeared a the site of mineral strikes were callled _________

a)

Virginia City

b)

boomtowns

c)

the federal government

d)

longhorn

e)

prospectors

19.

The "open range" referred to a vast area of grassland owned by ______________________.

a)

Virginia City

b)

boomtowns

c)

the federal government

d)

longhorn

e)

prospectors

20.

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

a)

copper

b)

diamonds

c)

gold

d)

silver

21.
Mining towns that had rapid growth from hundreds to thousands were known as
a)
Funtowns
b)
ghosttowns 
c)
boomtowns
d)
gloomtowns
22.

In 1859 prospectors found silver in the Carson River valley of present-day Nevada. Thousands of miners rushed to this mine.

a)

Comstock Lode

b)

Gold Standard

c)

Chrisholm Trail

23.

A method of mining by which water is sprayed at a very high pressure against a hill or mountain, washing away large quantities of dirt, gravel, and rock and exposing the minerals beneath the surface

a)

Dry Farming

b)

Hydraulic Mining

c)

Bonanza Farm

d)

Allotment

24.

What agricultural innovation was used to separate the seed from the straw?

a)

Reaping Machine

b)

Threshing Machine

c)

Steel Plow

d)

Submarine