Westward Expansion 1
What was the name of the belief that settlers had the God given right to expand the nation?
Manifest Destiny
Name two things Native Americans used buffalo for
Food, clothing, shoes, weapons, fuel, buckets, EVERYTHING
The Industrial Revolution changed our economy from relying mainly on farming to relying mainly on ...
Factories
Give one challenge associated with Industrialization for workers
Long hours, low pay, dangerous conditions, or discrimination for immigrants
Name one positive and one negative of growing cities during Industrialization
Positives: Increased diversity, more jobs, better economy
Negatives: Cities became crowded and dirty. Crime and pollution increased, and diseases spread easily
Name three physical obstacles settlers faced when moving west.
Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Mississippi River
The name for a town that flourished due to the discovery of gold was a boomtown. What was the name of a town when the gold ran out and people moved away?
In order to mass produce products in the early 1900s, Henry Ford came up with this strategy to produce more cars at a faster pace.
Assembly Line
What effect did steel have on Industrialization?
Steel helped expand railroads and increased construction of factories + machines.
What was the name for a group of workers that bargain to keep fair working conditions?
Labor union
The Homestead Act led to which of the following:
- Less materials needed to be shipped west
- Immigration from the United States to China
- Increased conflicts with Native Americans
Increased conflicts with Native Americans
Name one invention of new technology that made farming easier during Westward Expansion and explain why it was important
Steel Plow- Could dig through the hard soil easier
Mechanical Reaper- Made it easier to collect crops in a shorter amount of time
Barbed Wire- Prevented animals from wandering onto private land
Windmill- Used natural energy from the wind to create power
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were both famous entrepreneurs. What were they famous for?
Andrew Carnegie - Steel and the Bessemer Process
John D Rockefeller - Oil
True or false: Pull factors describe reasons that someone might be attracted to a new country/place
True
What is it called when one company has control of an entire industry?
Monopoly
Being able to transport goods across the country was made easier due to the creation of this
Transcontinental Railroad
Name one of the years Westward Expansion took place in the U.S.
Acceptable answers are anywhere between 1803-1900.
Name two people that invented something during the Industrial Revolution
Alexander Graham Bell- Telephone
Thomas Edison- Lightbulb
Wright Brothers- Airplane
Which cause and effect is MOST accurate about railroads?
- Railroad expansion > less resources available
- Railroad expansion > easier to transport goods across the country
- Railroad expansion > improved relations between settlers and Native Americans
Railroad expansion > easier to transport goods across the country
What was the name of the laws that kept African Americans segregated and inferior?
Jim Crow Laws
Besides Native Americans, name one group of people that faced hardships due to the Transcontinental Railroad
Asian or European immigrants
Name the two companies responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad
What was the last name of the inventor of Morse Code?
Morse
What was the name of the island European immigrants arrived at in the United States?
Hint: Stature of Liberty
Ellis Island
When immigrants came to the United States, a lot of them lived in areas with people from their same country. What were two names of these cultural neighborhoods?
Little Italy and Chinatown