WorksheetsNew West
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following was not an impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?
It allowed Native Americans to travel around the US
It helped African Americans gain equality
It helped the economy by allowing to move goods from coast to coast.
It gave access to lands on the East Coast
Why did Chief Joseph stop fighting with settlers and the government?
To end suffering and save lives
To negotiate with the government
To settle the land and farm
To leave for Canada
What did the Homestead Act grant to settlers?
160 acres of land to farm
Plots of land to mine for gold
Jobs on the railroad
Money to buy land from Native Americans
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
Help African Americans move west
Encourage farmers to plant more crops
Buy land for the Railroad
Make Native Americans farmers
What best describes a Boomtown?
Towns grow, and merchants prosper as miners move to the area
A town that no longer has gold
Miners strike it rich, the town grows
Railroad comes to town
What best describes a Ghost town?
The town is expanding very quickly
The railroad leaves the town
After a while, the mines produce less, and people abandon the town
People are getting rich from the mine
Why did the Dawes act fail?
Whites broke their treaties with Native Americans
Whites destroyed buffalo herds
Native Americans did not usually become farmers
Native Americans wanted to become Americanized
Using the map, why did cattle trails head North?
Most cattle trails did not head North
Mining areas were far away from the railroad
Cattle trails were used to bring cattle to the railroad to be sold at market
Railroads connected Canada to Mexico
How did the railroad impact Native Americans? Pick all that apply.
The Railroad brought white settlers who took the land to farm
White settlers killed the buffalo that the Native Americans relied on
It disrupted the Native American's way of life
Native Americans were happy to see the settlers
What was the US government's goal for Native Americans? Select all that apply.
To take away their culture
To make Native Americans more like white settlers
Have Native Americans farm
To let the Natives live as they pleased
