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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Unit Review
Total questions: 127
Worksheet time: 5hrs 48mins
How did the development of the railroad impact the bison (buffalo) population?
the amount of bison did not change
the amount of bison decreased
the amount of bison increased
bison migrated east
Which of the following is NOT a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?
Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market
Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers
Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
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.
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.
1865
1867
1869
1871
Which statement about the Great Plains is TRUE?
lacked good
farm land.
Plains were
just desert
areas.
Plains were a
vast area to
be settled
Plains were a
treeless
wasteland
Mark all the choices that represents reasons for increase in Westward Expansion.
Opportunities for Land Ownership
Possibility of Obtaining Wealth
Assimilation Attempts and Lifestyle Changes
Desire for Adventure
All are reasons for westward expansion except which one?
opportunities for land ownership
possibility of obtaining wealth
new beginning for freedmen
Reduced their homelands through treaties that were broken
Search for gold and silver represents which of the following reasons?
desire for adventure
possibility of obtaining wealth
opportunities for land ownership
technological advances
The first transcontinental railroad represents which of the following?
technological advances
wheat farming
desire for adventure
desire for a new beginning
This picture represents which of the following?
Opportunities for land ownership
Desire for adventure
Desire for new opportunities
Possibility to Obtain Wealth
The homestead act represents which of the following?
possibility of obtaining wealth
desire for adventure
opportunities for land ownership
technological advances
Mark all of the following answer choices that represent the impact of westward expansion on native americans.
Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations
reduced buffalo population through warfare and disease
technological advances, such as the first transcontinental railroad
opposition by Native Americans
assimilation and lifestyle changes
All of the following choices best represent the impact that westward expansion had on Native Americans except which one?
Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations
Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes
Obtaining wealth - search for gold and silver
Reduced population through warfare and disease
This picture best represents which impact of westward expansion on Native Americans?
Reduced homeland through broken treaties
Reduced population through warfare and disease
Opposition by Native Americans
Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes
This picture best represents which impact of westward expansion on Native Americans?
Reduced population through warfare and disease
Reduced homeland through treaties that were broken
Opposition by Native Americans
Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations
This image best represents which impact of westward expansion on Native Americans?
Opposition by American Indians
Forced relocation to reservations
Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes
Reduced population through warfare and disease
Which answer accurately describes assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes?
White settlers forced Native Americans to reservations and forced them to learn the English language and American culture
White settlers allowed Native Americans to practice their cultural traditions as long as they didn't bother the American citizens
Which answer choice best explains reduced homelands through broken treaties?
American settlers and Native Americans made agreements about land that were not broken
American settlers and Native Americans made agreements about land that were broken
Which answer choice best describes opposition from Native Americans?
Native Americans did not resist and fight back against American settlers when they tried to take over their land
Native Americans resisted and fought back against American settlers when they tried to take over their land
After the Gold Rush of 1849, people dreamed of a faster, cheaper and safer way to travel west. What new technology of the 1800s made this dream a reality?
Wagon Trains
Transcontinental Railroad
Stagecoach
Pony Express
What most likely attracted the people in this picture to this place?
The promise of jobs
Freedom from slavery
Cheap land offered by Homestead Act of 1862
Freedom from Indian Attacks
What is the process in which a group makes changes or modifications to become part of the mainstream American culture?
Nativism
Assimilation
Conversion
Acceptance
What would be the best title for the graphic?
Reasons for the Civil War
Reasons for westward expansion
Reasons for buying the Louisiana Territory
Reasons for the transatlantic railroad
What results of the Indian Wars forever changed life for the American Indians?
Communes
The Reservation system
Settlement Houses
Slavery
Who opposed American westward expansion and defeated the American Army in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Who was forced into relocating from his traditional land to live on a reservation?
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Who led a series of raids against Mexican and American forces?
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
When gold was discovered in California, people dreamed of a faster, cheaper, and safer way of going west. What new technology of the 1800s made this dream a reality?
The Pony Express
Wagon Trails
Stagecoach
Transcontinental Railroad
What was most likely the biggest problem faced by Native Americans on reservations?
Reservations were located on dry wastelands that were unwanted by settlers and away from their traditional homes
Reservations were separated by railroad tracks
Reservations were built near towns and cities
Reservations were far from places where other tribes were located
Which leader was forced to surrender to the US Army at the end of the Nez Perce wars?
Chief Joseph
Little Bighorn
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Which event marked the end of the conflicts with American Indians?
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Bighorn
Attack of Crazy Horse
Nez Perce Trail
General Custer and the 7th Cavalry were defeated at the
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Wabash
Which technological adaptions made life easier on the great plains? Select all that apply
Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were often referred to as
the bread basket of America
the goldmine of the west
the great unknown
a treeless wasteland
What would be the best title for the box labeled with the STAR
Flatlands that rise gradually from East to West
Physical Features and Climate
Inventions and Adaptations
Barbed Wire
Former African American slaves who moved west for a better life.
migrants
sod busters
Exodusters
Emancipators
A technique of plowing and planting seeds deep to reach the moist soil.
crop rotation
dry farming
wet farming
A food crop that grows well in the Great Plains
wheat
bananas
strawberries
avocados
What animal was essential to the survival of the Great Plains Indians?
Coyote
Buffalo
Wolf
Bear
Areas of land set aside for Native Americans by the US government.
Reservations
Districts
Counties
Municipalities
Leader of the Apache Indians.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
What law gave cheap land to settlers after farming that land for five years
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Pacific Railway Act
The Battle of Little Bighorn was rare because it was one of only a few battles that...
Both sides were slaughtered
Native Americans defeated the US Army
took place in the Southeast
Al of the above
US Army fired on the Lakota people resulting in a massacre ...
Wounded Knee
Wounded Foot
Wounded Arm
Wounded Eye
What famous general died with all of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Sitting Bull
George Custer
Leader of the Nez Perce tribe.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Leader of the Lakota tribe.
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
The impact of Westward Expansion was _ for African Americans.
negative
The impact of Westward Expansion was _ for white settlers.
negative
The impact of Westward Expansion was _ for Native Americans
negative
Which of the following was NOT a reason why people moved west?
opportunity to own land
Gold Rush
equality/chance for a better life
sod houses
Which of the following is an adaptation?
beef/cattle raising
steel plow
railroad
windmill
Which of the following is an invention?
barbed wire
dry farming
cattle raising
wheat farming
Which description best matches the Great Plains?
flat, grassy fields with few trees and little rain
rocky, mountainous area with lots of precipitation
full of beaches, fish, and plenty of resources to use
heavily forested with rich soil
What was one of the reasons for increased westward expansion after the Civil War?
Lack of technological advancements
The Homestead Act giving 160 acres to settlers
Decrease in population
Closure of the Transcontinental Railroad
Which technological advancement contributed to quicker westward expansion?
The invention of the airplane
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
The development of the internet
The creation of the automobile
What impact did westward expansion have on American Indians?
Increased land ownership
Forced tribes to relocate to reservations
Improved relations with settlers
Expansion of traditional lands
What was a consequence of the Massacre of Wounded Knee?
The buffalo population increased 200 percent
Native Americans ended their campaign of violence against the US Army
Expansion of American Indian territories to double its current size
It began peaceful negotiations with American settlers
What government law enabled settlers to break up Native American tribal lands and sell them as individual plots?
Declaration of Independence
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dawes Act of 1887
13th Amendment
Match each leader to their correct nation or group.
Chief Joseph
Nez Perce
Sitting Bull
Lakota
General Custer
US Army
Geronimo
Apache
All are examples of ASSIMILATION, except
Teaching Indians only to speak English in school
Forcing religious practices upon a non-religious group
Allowing native customs to be celebrated
Enforcing dress codes at American Indian boarding schools
This word means - to absorb a group into the culture of another population, usually against their will.
annex
assimilate
effect
immigration
What was the large great plains animal relied upon by Indians, but depopulated (killed) by White Settlers?
Elk
Wolf
Horse
In 1876, General Custer and his troops were defeated (and killed) by Lakota, Sioux, and Cheyenne Indians at this battle near the border of Montana and Wyoming.
Little Big Horn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Gettysburg
Battle of Wabash
This painting is about the idea of (a) .
Label the following territories to the map.
Which area of land was acquired in 1848 after a conflict with Mexico?
A
B
C
E
1
3
5
7
Doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
It was annexed after being a seperate nation
Annexation of Texas
Result of the Mexican-American War
Mexican Cession
Purchased to build railroad in the south
Gadsden Purchase
Adams-Onis Treaty
Purchase of Florida
Between what years did the U.S. undergo a major territorial expansion?
1851-1861
1801-1861
1701-1751
1751-1801
Texas is to Mexico as _________ is to Spain.
The discovery of gold on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the ___________ Indians in __________.
Cherokee; Georgia
Cherokee; Mississippi
Lakota; Georgia
Iroquois; Virginia
What authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for lands in the West?
Oregon Treaty
American Indian Removal Act
Southeast American Indian Act
Stamp Act
In the case of ______________, the Supreme Court decided to support the Cherokee Indians' rights to their land.
Cherokee Nation v. Mississippi
Iroquois Nation v. Andrew Jackson
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
The "Trail of Tears" as it is known is the removal of the Cherokee Indians and other tribes that are forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and relocate to _______
present-day Oklahoma
present-day Georgia
present-day Mississippi
present-day Texas
Spain gave this territory to the US through a treaty in 1819.
Louisiana Territory
Florida
Oregon Territory
California and the Southwest
Lewis and Clark explored this land and the Oregon Territory, traveling from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean.
California and the Southwest
Texas Territory
Louisiana Purchase
Florida
Thomas Jefferson bought this territory from France in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
California and the Southwest
Oregon Territory
Texas Territory
This land was added to the US in 1846, after it had been an independent republic.
Oregon Territory
California and the Southwest
Florida
Texas Territory
This territory was divided between the US and Great Britain in 1846. The northern half is in modern day Canada, the southern half went to the US
Texas Territory
Oregon Territory
California and the Southwest
Florida Territory
Match the information to the corresponding place on the map.
Which country sold Florida to the USA in 1819 for $5 million dollars?
England
Spain
France
Netherlands
Which purchase gave the USA, parts of Arizona and New Mexico?
Florida
Louisiana
Gadsden
Alaska
Which land purchase doubled the size of the USA?
Florida
Gadsden
Lousiana
Alaska
What is #8 on the map?
Land gained from Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 for $15 Million
Land gained from France in 1803 for $15 Million
Land gained by annexing the Republic of Texas in 1845
Land gained from Mexico in 1853 for $10 Million to build a southern railroad
Study the map to determine: What color is used to represent the Louisiana Purchase?
orange
yellow
green
red
Idea that America had the right to all the land between the east and west coasts
Manifest Destitute
Magna Carta
Manifest Destiny
Spain gave Florida to the U.S. in this treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
Gadsden Purchase 1853
Adams-Onis Treaty 1819
Oregon Territory
Which law was passed in 1862 that sold land on the Great Plains cheaply?
Civil Rights Act
Homestead Act
Great Plains Act
Cheap Land Act
16th Amendment
Abraham Lincoln’s primary impact on the construction of the transcontinental railroad was to
sign the Pacific Railroad Act into law.
appoint Theodore Judah as a surveyor.
stop the passage of the railroad bill.
break up a big railroad monopoly.
How did railroad expansion affect the cattle ranching industry?
The industry boomed as cattle ranchers shipped their meat to market.
The industry boomed as cattle ranchers relocated to the West.
The industry failed as cattle ranches had to make way for railroads.
The industry failed as railroads shipped food products from the East.
How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s?
The government gave them to railroad companies for development.
The government relocated American Indians onto reservations.
The government withheld land grants until the Civil War was over.
The government gave land to African Americans after the Civil War.
The Homestead Act (1862) encouraged the settlement of the West because it provided:
mining claims for prospectors seeking gold and silver
land to companies to build transcontinental railroads
land to people who would live on it for at least five years
forty acres of land and a mule to formerly enslaved persons
Which factor aided the building of transcontinental railroads?
Congress repealed antitrust laws against the railroads.
The railroads established fair rates for customers.
The Supreme Court approved public ownership of the railroad industry.
The federal government provided free land to the railroad companies.
In 1862, the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act were passed by Congress in order to do what?
expand overseas markets to Asia and Europe
improve the lives of freed slaves
develop the Midwest and western parts of the country
achieve Northern victory in the Civil War
Who was the President of the United States responsible for promoting Indian removal and signing the Indian Removal Act?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
What was the primary purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
To provide financial compensation to Native American tribes
To encourage peaceful coexistence between Native Americans and settlers
To forcibly remove Native American tribes from their ancestral lands
To establish reservations for Native American communities
What was the Trail of Tears?
A forced relocation of Native American tribes
A trade route
A famous hiking trail
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?
Utah and New Mexico
California and Oregon
Oklahoma and Texas
Michigan and Ohio
What is considered the last battle of the Indian Wars of the late 19th century?
Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Bighorn
Red Cloud's War
Sand Creek Massacre
What is the term that describes the US Government policy of wanting Native Americans to embrace the "American" way of life and worldview?
Assimilation
Americanization
Civilization
Indoctrination
This animal was a sacred and integral part of the Plains Indians way of life:
Buffalo
Corn
Racoons
Salmon
What was the one of the biggest impacts on the expanding frontier for Native Americans?
They had to move onto reservations
They had to fight back against the government
They had to pay the US Government for their land
They were given land from the Dawes Act
Land set aside for Native Americans by the US Government:
Reservations
Homesteads
Frontiers
Dawes Acts
In what year did the Sand Creek Massacre occur?
1861
1864
1867
1870
Who led the Nez Perce on a 1,300 mile trek through the West to get to Canada?
Sitting Bull
General Sherman
General Custer
Chief Joseph
After this massacre, the United States just took the land from them without the Native Americans agreeing with the treaty?
To promote assimilation, American Indian children were
encouraged to speak their native language.
forbidden to speak their native language.
encouraged to learn many languages.
forbidden to learn English.
Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands
Vaquero
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Soldier
Boomtown
