Westward Expansion Quiz

What is the definition of "expansion"?

• Reduction of territory

• Extension of territory

• Movement of people

• Creation of new cultures

What does "eroded" mean?

• Building up of soil

• Gradual wearing away of the soil by natural processes

• Planting new trees

• Creating new landscapes

What is "Manifest Destiny"?

• The belief that it was good for the U.S. to expand from Ocean to Ocean

• The belief in staying within one’s borders

• The belief in reducing territory

• The belief in isolation

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• To give away land to people willing to settle

• To build railroads

• To find gold

• To start new towns

Who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Immigrants from China

• Gold miners

• Homesteaders

• Exodusters

What was the large-scale black migration from the South to Kansas called?

• Great Exodus

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

Where were beef cattle raised?

• In forests

• On large areas of open grassland

• In deserts

• In cities

What was the main purpose of barbed wire?

• To decorate gardens

• To protect crops

• To create art

• To build roads

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

• To protect Native American lands

• To Americanize Native Americans

• To create new reservations

• To end all treaties

What went wrong with the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

• Peaceful negotiations to give back the region

• We found gold in the region

• New treaties for the region

• Abandonment of the region