Western Expansion

The idea of manifest destiny was used to

• segregate schools

• repeal the Homestead Act

• support westward expansion

• end slavery in the west

Which group of people settled in the Rocky Mountains?

• Sod busters

• Prospectors

• Cowboys

• Homesteaders

Who followed the miners?

• prospectors

• homesteaders

• Native Americans

• merchants

Boomtowns helped to settle the frontier by

• providing an unlimited amount of gold

• attracting miners westward

• providing coal for the railroads

• giving farmers land

In the late 1840's many people moved to California to

• build sod houses

• look for gold

• fight native americans

• trade with Europe

How did the government encourage the railroad companies to build?

• giving land grants and money

• signing the Homestead Act

• annexing Alaska

How did the transcontinental railroad impact the US?

• it destroyed the Native American's way of life

• settlement of the frontier increased

• trade around the nation expands

• all of the above

Why were some people against the purchase of Alaska?

• there were many natural resources

• the climate was harsh

• too many sod houses

• it was too large

During Reconstruction cattle raising

• declined

• was tried for the first time in Texas

• developed into a major industry

• died out in the West

The herding of cattle from Texas to the railroad is known as the

• openrange

• cow town

• long drive

• boom town