Westward Expansion Unit Review

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison (buffalo) population?

• the amount of bison did not change

• the amount of bison decreased

• the amount of bison increased

• bison migrated east

Which of the following is NOT a way the railroad increased agricultural trade?

• Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market

• Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers

• Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

• Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.

• 1865

• 1867

• 1869

• 1871

Which statement about the Great Plains is TRUE?

• The Great Plains
  lacked good
  farm land.
• The Great
  Plains were
  just desert
  areas.
• The Great
  Plains were a
  vast area to
  be settled
• The Great
  Plains were a
  treeless
  wasteland

What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?

• food
• wealth
• land
• a new beginning and freedom

Mark all the choices that represents reasons for increase in Westward Expansion.

• Opportunities for Land Ownership

• Possibility of Obtaining Wealth

• Assimilation Attempts and Lifestyle Changes

• Desire for Adventure

All are reasons for westward expansion except which one?

• opportunities for land ownership

• possibility of obtaining wealth

• new beginning for freedmen

• Reduced their homelands through treaties that were broken

Search for gold and silver represents which of the following reasons?

• desire for adventure

• possibility of obtaining wealth

• opportunities for land ownership

• technological advances

The first transcontinental railroad represents which of the following?

• technological advances

• wheat farming

• desire for adventure

• desire for a new beginning