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WorksheetsWestern Expansion Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Homestead Act was when the United States government gave away ___________ to settlers.
lumber to build homes
plots of land
seeds to grow crops
wagons to travel out west
During the late 19th century, cattle drives were a common method of transporting cattle from ranches in the southern United States to railheads in the north. Which of the following trails was NOT a significant route for cattle drives?
Chisholm Trail
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Oregon Trail
Which piece of legislation caused the Trail of Tears?
Dawes Act
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Indian Removal Act
Which of the following connected the Eastern U.S. to the West?
Erie Canal
Mississippi River
Transcontinental Railroad
Gulf of Mexico
This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes.
The American Indian Citizenship Act
The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act
The Meat Inspection Act
What is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation?
Lack of jobs, poverty, famine, war, and persecution are all examples of
Assimilation
Nativism
Push factors
Pull factors
Economic opportunities (jobs), religious freedom, improved living conditions are all examples of
Assimilation
Nativism
Push factors
Pull factors
The belief that the U.S. had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine
What caused a rush of people to California?
Immigration to Mexico
Gold
Farmland
Silver
Environmental problems faced by settlers on the Great Plains included
deep snows and floods
vast buffalo herds that consumed crops and grasses intended for cattle
extreme summer and winter temperatures, water shortages, fire, and insects
high mountains that made road-building difficult
On the long cattle drives, cowboys
enjoyed good working conditions and high pay
had to deal with dangerous river crossings and stampedes
were rarely away from home for more than a few weeks
faced few real challenges.
Many Plains Indians refused to live on reservations because
the U.S. government refused to meet their demands
the U.S. government never offered them a treaty.
their leaders preferred an honorable death to life on a reservation
following the roaming buffalo herds was a part of their culture that they did not want to give up
Homesteaders lived in sod houses, which were
well-insulated, windproof, and fireproof
dry and clean compared to log cabins
dangerous due to the frequent wildfires on the plains
cool in the summer but cold and drafty during the winter
The era of the individual miner and prospector did not last long because
accessible mineral deposits were soon "worked out."
large mining companies bought them out
the work was hard, profits small, and most gave up.
the market for gold and silver declined sharply because of overproduction.
U.S. Army General who led soldiers in the Battle of Little Bighorn where he and a battalion of soldiers were killed
George Armstrong Custer
Lt. Dan
General Stonewall Jackson
General Burnside
A town located along a railroad where cattle were sold and shipped east
Kansas City
Cow Town
Boomtown
Railhead
An Illinois farmer who patented barbed wire
Thomas Edison
Old McDonald
Joseph Glidden
Robert Ferguson
The Mexican vaquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas except
language
clothing
politics
food
which of the following was most responsible for the end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
The railroad
Barbed wire
Sheep ranching
Bonanza farming
What two companies were hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
BNSF
Norfolk Southern
What group of laborers did the most dangerous work on the railroad?
Irish immigrans
African Americans
Native Americans
Chinese laborers
What were boomtowns during the Gold Rush known for?
Rapidly growing populations and bustling activity
Being ghost towns with no inhabitants
Strict government control and regulation
Focusing primarily on agriculture
