Westward Expansion
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- Q1What group of people immigrated in the greatest numbers to America to work on building the railroad into the West?AfricanChineseEuropeansCanadian30s
- Q2Which mountain range posed the biggest challenge for settlers moving West?BighornsRockiesAppalachiansAlleghenies30s
- Q3Why was it important for settlers heading to Oregon to leave from Missouri before Spring?They wanted to avoid the tornadoes and prairie fires of the fall.They wanted to get past the Rockies before the winter snows.They wanted to avoid the dust bowls of the Great PlainsThey wanted to avoid the heat of the California summers.30s
- Q4Which was NOT an environmental factor that influenced the pioneer Westward Movement?RIVERS: Mississippi and ColoradoMOUNTAINS: Rockies and Sierra NevadasCLIMATE: hot and dry, dust stormsVEGETATION: sagebrush and sodbuster30s
- Q5Consider the following letter excerpt from a pioneer. What aspect of the natural environment affected her most?climateriversvegetationprairies30s
- Q6Wheat became a great cash crop for farmers of the Great Plains. Its growth was hampered by what?snow in the mountainslong roots of prairie grasswet summersmany rivers in the Great American desert30s
- Q7What technology helped farmers to survive in the Great Plains?wind turbinewindmillsrailroadsteel plow30s
- Q8What helped to destroy the buffalo population?Chinese AmericanswindmillsNative Americansrailroads30s
- Q9What act did President Lincoln sign into law that encouraged settlers to move West?Kansas-Nebraska ActArmistice ActMovement ActHomestead Act30s
- Q10Flat, grassy, prairies, buffalo, breadbasket: These words describe which part of America?CaliforniaGreat PlainsThe SouthGreat Desert30s
- Q11Which famous trail did people follow as they set off from Missouri to travel West?American TrailCalifornia TrailGold TrailOregon Trail30s
- Q12Which fact is true about the Transcontinental Railroad?It was cheaper than a wagon but slower than a horse ride.It was slower than a wagon but safer than a bus.It was more expensive but faster than a wagon.It was cheaper than the Pony Express but slower than a horse.30s
- Q13How did the railroad affect immigration?It brought more people to the US to work on the railroad.Immigration decreased due to more cost-effective labor.It didn't affect it.It made more immigrants want to settle in the Midwest30s
- Q14This picture is captioned "Iron Road." What part of Westward Expansion would that refer to?Oregon Trailgold miningcattle drivesrailroads30s
- Q15The "driving of the golden spike" would refer to what momentous occasion?The creation of the Oregon TrailThe joining together of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific RailroadThe Chinese Exclusion ActThe Homestead Act30s
