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Western Expansion Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Homestead Act was when the United States government gave away ___________ to settlers.

a)

lumber to build homes

b)

plots of land

c)

seeds to grow crops

d)

wagons to travel out west

2.

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?

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

d)

Oregon Trail

3.

Which piece of legislation caused the Trail of Tears?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Great Compromise

c)

3/5 Compromise

d)

Indian Removal Act

4.

Which of the following connected the Eastern U.S. to the West?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Gulf of Mexico

5.

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes.

a)

The American Indian Citizenship Act

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Dawes Act

d)

The Meat Inspection Act

6.

What is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation?

a)
Assimilation
b)
Migration
c)
Acculturation
d)
Segregation
7.

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

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Push factors

d)

Pull factors

8.

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

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Push factors

d)

Pull factors

9.

The belief that the U.S. had a right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific

a)

The Great Expansion

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Oregon Fever

d)

The Monroe Doctrine

10.

What caused a rush of people to California?

a)

Immigration to Mexico

b)

Gold

c)

Farmland

d)

Silver

11.

Environmental problems faced by settlers on the Great Plains included

a)

deep snows and floods

b)

vast buffalo herds that consumed crops and grasses intended for cattle

c)

extreme summer and winter temperatures, water shortages, fire, and insects

d)

high mountains that made road-building difficult

12.

On the long cattle drives, cowboys

a)

enjoyed good working conditions and high pay

b)

had to deal with dangerous river crossings and stampedes

c)

were rarely away from home for more than a few weeks

d)

faced few real challenges.

13.

Many Plains Indians refused to live on reservations because

a)

the U.S. government refused to meet their demands

b)

the U.S. government never offered them a treaty.

c)

their leaders preferred an honorable death to life on a reservation

d)

following the roaming buffalo herds was a part of their culture that they did not want to give up

14.

Homesteaders lived in sod houses, which were

a)

well-insulated, windproof, and fireproof

b)

dry and clean compared to log cabins

c)

dangerous due to the frequent wildfires on the plains

d)

cool in the summer but cold and drafty during the winter

15.

The era of the individual miner and prospector did not last long because

a)

accessible mineral deposits were soon "worked out."

b)

large mining companies bought them out

c)

the work was hard, profits small, and most gave up.

d)

the market for gold and silver declined sharply because of overproduction.

16.

U.S. Army General who led soldiers in the Battle of Little Bighorn where he and a battalion of soldiers were killed

a)

George Armstrong Custer

b)

Lt. Dan

c)

General Stonewall Jackson

d)

General Burnside

17.

A town located along a railroad where cattle were sold and shipped east

a)

Kansas City

b)

Cow Town

c)

Boomtown

d)

Railhead

18.

An Illinois farmer who patented barbed wire

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Old McDonald

c)

Joseph Glidden

d)

Robert Ferguson

19.

The Mexican vaquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas except

a)

language

b)

clothing

c)

politics

d)

food

20.

which of the following was most responsible for the end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?

a)

The railroad

b)

Barbed wire

c)

Sheep ranching

d)

Bonanza farming

21.

What two companies were hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Union Pacific

b)

Central Pacific

c)

BNSF

d)

Norfolk Southern

22.

What group of laborers did the most dangerous work on the railroad?

a)

Irish immigrans

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Chinese laborers

23.

What were boomtowns during the Gold Rush known for?

a)

Rapidly growing populations and bustling activity

b)

Being ghost towns with no inhabitants

c)

Strict government control and regulation

d)

Focusing primarily on agriculture