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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Review for Exam tomorrow Tuesday 10-29-24
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
To discourage settlement and development of the western United States.
To promote industrialization in the eastern United States.
To establish a system of land ownership for Native American tribes.
To encourage settlement and development of the western United States.
Which act provided free land to settlers in the western territories?
Land Grant Act
Frontier Act
Settlers' Act
Homestead Act
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To connect the eastern and western coasts of the United States
To create jobs for the local population
To establish trade routes with other countries
To transport goods and people across the country
What is a boomtown?
A boomtown is a community that experiences a decline in population and economic growth.
A boomtown is a community that experiences slow population and economic growth.
A boomtown is a community that experiences no population and economic growth.
A boomtown is a community that experiences rapid population and economic growth.
Which group of people were forced to live on reservations?
Hispanic Americans
Asian Americans
Native Americans
African Americans
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
In what town did both parts of the railroad met?
Omaha, Nebraska
Promontory, Utah
Which animals were greatly affected by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?
Buffalo
cattle
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.
north and south
east and west
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?
Food
Shelter
Clothing
All of the above
Use the illustration of the buffalo and information from the article to select the TRUE statement.
The buffalo provided much more than food to the Plains Native Americans.
The Plains Native Americans struggled to use and store the buffalo before it went bad.
The buffalo were no longer useful after the Plains Native Americans got horses.
The Plains Native Americans had to make special tools to hunt the dangerous buffalo.
What was the main purpose of the reservation system?
To make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate
To clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers
To provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War
To make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
Many White Americans didn't understand Native American culture, so they sent the children to.....
concentration camps
to be slaves
boarding schools
Land was enabled by ____________________ the passed during the Civil War, giving 160 acres to those who settled the land
Civil Rights Act
Homestead Act
Townshend Act
Scalawag Act
What were some challenges faced by pioneers during westward expansion?
Abundance of resources, favorable weather conditions, peaceful relations with Native Americans, and short and safe journeys.
Harsh weather conditions, lack of resources, Native American conflicts, and long and dangerous journeys.
Mild weather conditions, ample resources, lack of conflicts with Native Americans, and convenient transportation.
Moderate weather conditions, sufficient resources, harmonious relations with Native Americans, and quick and easy journeys.
Battle of Little Bighorn
Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school
Sioux
What was a challenge the Central Pacific workers faced while building the Transcontinental Railroad?
floods
mountains
blizzards
hurricanes
What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?
The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.
The workers started fighting with them.
The railroad kept them from migrating.
Native Americans didn't like trains.
What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?
They wanted better farmland.
The U.S. government forced them to move.
Buffalo herds led them there.
They formed an alliance with Mexicans.
