Westward Expansion

How did the railroad foster economic growth in the development of the west?

• by providing sharecroppers a means of travel
• by providing farmers with the means of getting their crops to market
• by providing Native Americans a means to sell fur
• by providing the bison a place to roam freely

During the 1800s people flocked to the west in search of gold. They often created towns near gold mines. What was the name given to these towns?

• Boom Towns
• ghost towns
• plantations
• shantytowns

Which group had conflict with farmers because of barbed wire fences?

• Chinese immigrants
• cowboys and ranchers
• Mexican Americans
• miners and prospectors

African Americans who moved west after Reconstruction were known as...

• exodusters
• immigrants
• slaves
• sodbusters

All of the following are reasons the Native Americans were involved in Indian wars with settlers EXCEPT:

• destruction of the bison population
• farmers and miners claimed their land
• Native Americans were forced to live on reservations
• Native Americans were forced into slavery on plantations

What was the belief of reformers regarding Native American children?

• they should learn the ways of the white man
• they should learn about Native American ways of life
• they should learn how to be like chinese immigrants
• they should learn how to be ranchers and cowboys

What changed people's views of the Great Plains?

• new land
• new technology
• indian removal
• transportaions

How did farmers fence their fields?

• wood
• railroads
• barbed wire
• steel

Apache warrior and leader who led his band of warriors in fierce raids against the settlers

• Sitting Bull
• Crazy Horse
• Geronimo
• Cochise

The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the development of the west in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• attracting immigrant settlers
• providing a means of travel
• promoting the Homestead Act
• transporting agricultural goods