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Westward Expansion-5th grade-Social Studies
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1
What new technology played a key role in the development of the West?
photographs
covered wagons
railroad
telegraph
2
Why did travelers to the west have to leave places like St. Louis by a certain time of the year
they need to join their friends & family
to avoid spring rains and winter snows
there were only a certain number of people allowed out west
they didn't have enough money to stay any longer
3
How were Native Americans affected by Westward Expansion?
Forced to convert to Christianity
Forced to work for miners mining gold
Declined bison herds and changed their way of life
Expanded their territory
4
Which battle created public support for military force against the Native Americans in the West
Gettysburg
Battle of Little Bighorn
Civil War
Wounded Knee
5
Who fought over how the western lands should be used, and who should use them?
Cowboys and Indians
Miners and Farmers
Native Americans and Miners
Cowboys and Farmers
6
Which groups of immigrants were mainly responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad
Mexican and African American
Japanese and Mexican
Spanish and Chinese
Irish and Chinese
7
What were areas set aside by the U.S. Government for Native Americans?
Homestead
Reservation
Plantation
Oregon
8
What did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 do with tribal lands of reservation?
Land was divided into farms for Native American families
Government took the land to be used as ranches for cowboys.
The Government took the land and built towns for miners.
The and was taken as punishment to the Native Americans.
9
Which of the following geographic factors formed obstacles for pioneers traveling west?
mountain ranges, rivers, deserts
oceans,lakes, islands
caves, swamps, bays
sands, brooks, plateau
10
What happened to many Mexican land owners as a result of the Mexican American war?
They became rich.
They lost the titles to their land.
The US government brought their land.
They gained more territory.
11
Places that grew quickly to serve the needs of miners were known as _______
Bust towns
Jamestown
Ghost towns
Boomtowns
12
Why did the U.S. pass a law excluding the Chinese from entering the U.S. as immigrants?
They wanted to help the Chinese find jobs in their country
Chinese were competing for scarce amount of jobs resources
Chinese immigrants refused to be forced to work on railroads
Chinese immigrants didn't want to be deported back to China
13
Identify the mountain range on the map above
Sierra Nevada
Appalachian
Alps
Rockies
14
Which name was given to the group of African Americans who moved West after Reconstruction?
Exodusters
The Great Migration
Underground Railroad
Buffalo Soldiers
15
Which was a major river system that had to be forded on the trip West?
Big Pee Dee, Columbia, Mississippi
Mississippi, Columbia, Colorado
Columbia, Savannah, Mississippi
Colorado, Big Pee Dee, Snake
