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Westward Expansion
5th Grade Unit on Westward Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The telegraph did what? | Sent news across the country |
| Who mostly worked for the Union Pacific Railroad company? | Irish immigrants and freed slaves; This group had conflict (trouble) with the Native Americans |
| Who mostly worked for the Central Pacific Railroad company? | Chinese immigrants; This group had to blast through the Sierra Nevada mountains |
| What did the Transcontinental Railroad do? | Allowed goods and people to travel across the country in a week |
| Who was the Transcontinental Railroad good for? Why? | Cowboys (because moved cows east) Settlers (because it helped them get to the west) |
| Who was the Transcontinental Railroad bad for? Why? | Native Americans (because it disturbed the buffalo, which they hunted) |
| What did the Homestead Act do? | Encourage settlers to move to the Great Plains They got 160 acres of land for only $10 |
| What troubles did some of the settlers have that moved to the plains as part of the Homestead Act? | settlers had trouble with weather, natural disasters, grasshoppers, and thick sod (made farming difficult |
| What technology helped pioneers? | Steel plows, windmills, barbed wire, dry farming |
| How much money did cattle drives earn ranchers? | $4 a cow in Texas $40 a cow in the East |
| What trails moved the cattle from Texas to the East? | Great Western Cattle Trail and Chisholm Trail |
| Cowboys were.... | men who drove cattle |
| What fraction of cowboys were Black Cowboys? | 1/4 These were freedmen who were treated more fairly than in other parts of the country |
| Why did the cattle drives end? | The railroad was built down into Texas. |
| What did the Gold Rush do? | Bring settlers to the West |
| How was the Native American's way of life threatened? | 1.By the decline in buffalo 2. telegraph and railroad lines 3. Ranchers/Farmers taking their land - they had many violent disagreements over land |
| What was the Battle of Little Bighorn (aka Custer's Last Stand)? | General Custer attempted to defeat the Lakota and force them onto reservations; He was killed along with all of his soldiers. |
| Why were Native Americans moved to reservations? | Their homelands were taken from them |
| How do Native Americans keep their cultures alive today? | 1. maintaining tribal languages 2. sharing tribal stories 3. gaining more land |
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