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WorksheetsThe West/Expense of Expansion
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which Lakota Sioux chief defeated the US Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
General George Custer
Which Nez Perce chief lead his tribe vs. U.S. Army as the tribe tried to make it to Canada?
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
General George Custer
Which of the following an Apache leader best known for resisting Mexicans and Americans who attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands in the Apache Wars?
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
General George Custer
Which group of people was most negatively effected by Westward Expansion?
Native Americans
African Americans
Euro-Americans
Southern farmers
These towns grew around discovery of gold and silver in the West
Cowtowns
Railroad Towns
Boomtowns
Homesteads
How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect Native American tribes?
It had little to no impact on their lives
It provided new economic opportunities
It led to significant loss of land and disruption of their traditional lifestyles
It improved relations between Native American tribes and settlers
Select the 3 answers that reflect effects of Westward Expansion
Settlement of Plains Became Harder
Settlement of Plains Became Easier
Buffalo Almost Extinct
End of Plains Indians' culture
National Economy Declined
What law gave people 160 acres of land for a small fee and a pledge to live on the land for 5 years?
Indian Citizenship Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Emancipation Proclamation
What law encouraged tribes to sell their land and made Native Americans give up their tribal practices?
Indian Citizenship Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Why did the US government want the Native American on reservations?
to teach them new skills
to open up tribal lands for settlers
to keep buffaloes from becoming extinct
to raise more cattle
Gold or other resources found on the land
Plains Indians relied on the buffalo/bison for which of the following? Select 3
main source of food
used them to build sod houses
used the bones to make tools
to help them be better farmers
used the hide to make clothing
Which immigrant group came in large numbers to help build the transcontinental railroads (Central Pacific)?
Chinese
Polish
Mexicans
Germans
Which of the following innovations helped farmers find water in the dry Great Plains?
Steel Plow
Windmills
Sod House
Barbed Wire Fences
Which of the following innovations helped farmers break through the hard soil on the Great Plains?
Steel Plow
Windmills
Sod House
Barbed Wire Fences
Which of the following innovations helped farmers adapt to the lack of trees on the Great Plains?
Steel Plow
Windmills
Sod House
Dry Farming
Which of the following innovations helped farmers keep free roaming cattle off their land and put an end of the open range?
Steel Plow
Dry Farming
Transcontinental Railroads
Barbed Wire
Which of the following crops grew best on the Great Plains?
Sugar
Tobacco
Wheat
Cotton
Which of the following innovations improved transportation of goods and people during the Westward Movement?
Cattle Drives
Ships
Transcontinental Railroads
Covered Wagons
Which animal did ranchers raise on the Great Plains to put on railroads to sell to the East?
Buffalo
Cattle
Wheat
Sheep
Select all of the features and climate of the Great Plains (3)
Mountains
Flatlands
Dust storms
High rainfall
Low rainfall
Select all that are TRUE about the Black Hills, South Dakota territory
Sacred (special) to Native American tribes
Gold was discovered and thousands of miners came here
1st discovery of gold in the West. 1848. Led to the Gold Rush of 1849.
Battle of Little Bighorn was fought here; Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse vs. Gen. Custer
Where the two railroads met to complete the first transcontinental railroad
Religious ceremony performed by Native Americans to bring back the bison and make the white man leave. Outlawed by U.S. Government.
Carlisle School
Ghost Dance
Exodusters
Reservation
Why did people change their views about the Great Plains and chose to settle there?
Plains Indians were nomadic to follow the buffalo
Mining of gold and silver
New inventions and technology were introduced
Homestead Act passed and gave away cheap land to farmers
Frequent dust storms and low rainfall
What is the name for former enslaved African Americans who moved west to be farmers?
Exodusters
Sodbusters
Cowhands
Abolitionists
What is the nickname for the farmers who settled on the Great Plains early during Westward Expansion?
Exodusters
Sodbusters
Cowhands
Miners
Which of the following happened at the Indian boarding schools like Carlisle School?
Long hair allowed
Hair cut short
Must only speak English
Must wear Euro-American clothing
American Indian children stayed with their family
What were some reasons the U.S. Army and the Native American tribes had wars after 1865?
U.S. Government ordered the tribes to go to reservations and tribes resisted
Gold was found on tribal lands
The outlawed Ghost Dance was practiced by Sitting Bull and many tribes
All of the above
Which are TRUE statements about how American Indians viewed the buffalo/bison?
Source of everything to survive. Kill only what is needed to meet our needs.
They destroy crops and are a nuisance to farmers
They rip up railroad tracks and interfere with building more railroads
Their hides are valuable and we should kill as many as we can
They are sacred (special). We honor them.
Which of the following are PULLS (positive) for people to move to the West?
Crowded cities
Adventure
Own Land
Wealth (Get Rich)
Expensive
What are the two railroads that built the first transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Dawes
Dawes and Homestead
Northern Pacific and Central Pacific
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
What is an area of land set aside for use by the Native American tribes called?
Reservation
Boarding Schools
Homestead
Boomtown
Which actions by the U.S. government negatively impacted the Native Americans?
Dawes Act passed
Forcing tribes to reservations
Fighting the Indian Wars (1865-1890)
Encouraging tribes to practice Ghost Dance
Honoring treaties made with Native American tribes
What do you call the negative things that make people leave a place?
Push Factors
Pull Factors
