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Westward Expansion Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

During and after the Civil War, many settlers began moving out west in search of
a.
a worse life
c.
money
b.
an easy life
d.
a better life
 

 2. 

As compared to earlier settlement, the journey westward was made less difficult with the
a.
railroad
c.
interstate highway
b.
automobile
d.
rest areas
 

 3. 

Two immigrant groups that were most responsible for the labor to build the transcontinental railroad were the
a.
Japanese & Irish
c.
Chinese & Irish
b.
African Americans & Chinese
d.
Germans & Italians
 

 4. 

The transcontinental railroad did which of the following?
a.
contributed to the destruction of the buffalo herds
c.
developed time zones in the United States
b.
moved goods and people quickly across the country
d.
all of these
 

 5. 

The Homestead Act offered settlers how many acres of free land in exchange for farming the land for 5 years?
a.
160
c.
640
b.
320
d.
it did not offer free land
 

 6. 

What resulted in conflict between white settlers and Native Americans?
a.
the role of religion
c.
how land should be owned and used
b.
how to educate the young for adulthood
d.
all of these
 

 7. 

Native Americans of the Great Plains depended on what to survive?
a.
the railroad
c.
settlers
b.
buffalo
d.
gold
 

 8. 

Which was a long-term effect of building the railroad across the West?
a.
Most immigrants from Europe settled in California.
c.
Conflicts between settlers & Native Americans decreased.
b.
The population of the West increased significantly.
d.
Abilene, Kansas became a major western city.
 

 9. 

What mostly threatened the lifestyle of Native Americans of the Great Plains and their dependence on buffalo to survive?
a.
railroads
c.
climate change
b.
disease
d.
cattle drives
 

 10. 

American hunters were hired to slaughter the buffalo to...
a.
take away the Native American's livelihood
c.
feed railroad crews & prevent herds from blocking the trains
b.
create conflict between settlers & Native Americans
d.
sell to wealthy people back east
 

 11. 

Native Americans were eventually forced onto areas of land called...
a.
stockades
c.
territories
b.
concentration camps
d.
reservations
 

 12. 

What U.S. government policy tried to force Native Americans to adopt white ways?
a.
reservation
c.
assimilation
b.
Homestead Act
d.
reconciliation
 

 13. 

A battle that was the last armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans?
a.
Wounded Knee
c.
Battle of the Little Big Horn
b.
Dakota Uprising
d.
Sand Creek Massacre
 

 14. 

What parts of the buffalo did Native Americans use?
a.
hide & meat
c.
hide, meat, & bones
b.
almost every part
d.
everything but the hoofs and horns
 

 15. 

What two railroad companies were given land grants to build a transcontinental railroad?
a.
Burlington Northern & Union Pacific
c.
Union Pacific & Central Pacific
b.
Santa Fe Railroad & Central Pacific
d.
Kansas City Southern & CSX
 



 
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