Why did the US soldiers and Indians fight?

Soldiers want them to live on reservations, Indians didn't

How was the climate of the West a challenge to both settlers and travelers?

Thin, dusty soil from droughts made planting crops difficult

The goverment tried to assimilate the Indians by

not allowing them to have religious ceremonies

What is the significance of Mississippi, Columbia, Colorado, and Snake River Systems?

They obstructed travel to the West

broke reservation land into small pieces & farm those pieces

What happened because of the dry climate on the Great Plains?

There were many droughts and grass fires

What was the reason people wanted to go out West?

Cheap land given by the Homestead Act

How could western farmers use the railroad to make money?

Farmers could ship cattle and wheat to the east

All of the following are impacts the railroad made on the west EXCEPT

Allowed Native Americans to travel out East

How did building railroads affect the environment?

Large forests in the Great Plains were cut to build the RR

How did the invention of barbed wire change the life of cattle ranchers?

settlers blocked the trails with barbed wire fences

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Westward Expansion Quiz

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1
Why did the US soldiers and Indians fight?
Indians wanted the soldiers to build more railroads
Soldiers want them to live on reservations, Indians didn't
Schools were not built on the Indian Reservations
The Indians wanted to farm. The soldiers wantedthem to hunt
2
The belief that the land from the East to the West should be explored and owned by Americans?
First Come First Serve
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Rights
Determined Destiny
3
Why did families build sod houses on the Great Plains
There were not many trees
Sod allowed animals to come through the walls
The trees were too large to cut
Homes made of sod were easier to clean
4
How was the climate of the West a challenge to both settlers and travelers?
broken wagon wheel could delay travel
warm, mild winters helpedthe soil
Thin, dusty soil from droughts made planting crops difficult
construction of the railroad
5
The goverment tried to assimilate the Indians by
not allowing them to have religious ceremonies
allowing them to speak thier native languages
making them work on the railroads
not allowing them to earn an education
6
What is the significance of Mississippi, Columbia, Colorado, and Snake River Systems?
They obstructed travel to the West
They froze over each harsh winter
They all empty into the Gulf of Mexico
They are all major river systems found in the South
7
The Dawes Act
gave every Indian a farm
broke reservation land into small pieces & farm those pieces
allowed settlers to hunt for gold on <br>reservations
made it against the law to hunt buffalo
8
What was an economic reason for people settling in the West?
mass production of lumber
opportunites to own land
Drilling for oil
invention of the steam engine
9
Which is NOT an accurate description of the climate in the West?
Calm or temperate weather that's good for planting
Hot, dry summers
Spring Floods
cold wet winters
10
What happened because of the dry climate on the Great Plains?
Farmers sold their land back to the government
It was easy to grow crops
People built houses of wood
There were many droughts and grass fires
11
Which group was recruited to help build the Transcontinental Railroad starting in Sacramento CA
Chinese
Irish
Native Americans
European Americans
12
What was the reason people wanted to go out West?
Fertile lan that promised to grow excellent crops
Cheap land given by the Homestead Act
Americans wanted to visit Mexico
Peaple felt crowed in the East
13
Which of the following cause hardships for pioneers traveling during westward expansion?
Climate and Government
English and Germans
Goats and Deserts
Rivers and Mountains
14
How could western farmers use the railroad to make money?
Stores in the eastern states sold more things in factories
Farmers used new machinery to grow more grain
Farmers could ship cattle and wheat to the east
Farmers could make more things in factories
15
All of the following are impacts the railroad made on the west EXCEPT
It allowed more people to travel in and to the West
It provided a way for transporting ag. products grown west
attracted more immigrants to the US b/c of job oppourtunity
Allowed Native Americans to travel out East
16
Native Americans were faced with many problems while on reservations, these problems included..
Poverty
All of the above
Starvation
Depression
17
How did building railroads affect the environment?
Many rivers were dried up from smoke from trains
Coal buring engines required more fuel, more mining began
Tunnels through mountains caused the mountains to collapse
Large forests in the Great Plains were cut to build the RR
18
Which words best describe the Great Plains?
covered with trees
Wet and swampy
rocky
Flat and Dry
19
How did the invention of barbed wire change the life of cattle ranchers?
Cattle Ranchers used the barbed wire on their cattle drives
settlers blocked the trails with barbed wire fences
Cattle ranchers trained cattle to stay away from barbed wire
Cattle Ranchers sold the wire to people in the north & east

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