Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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History

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What development helped Americans expand westward?

Back

transcontinental railroad

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What do you call a town that experiences a sudden growth?

Back

boom town

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The ________________ was a law in 1860 that offered acres of land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years.

Back

Homestead Act

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This was a political party that was formed by farmers who wanted to raise crop prices.

Back

Populist 

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which did not happen to Plains Indians as a result of westward expansion? 
Options: they were put on reservations, tribes were massacred by the military, they were forced to sign treaties, they were given political power

Back

they were given political power

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

_______________ were African Americans who took advantage of the Homestead Act Options: exodusters, vaqueros, sodbusters, grangers

Back

exodusters

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The ___________________ Railroad started in New York and was built by Irish immigrants.

Back

Union

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