Groups Heading West
Who was the group that was heading west for gold?
Who were the 49ers?
Who helped the most in building the Union Pacific Railroad?
Who were the Irish?
What is the belief that the U.S. has the right and duty to expand across North America?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What major city sprung up during the gold rush and is a major city today?
What is San Francisco?
What law passed by Congress offered farmers 160 acres of free land?
What is the Homestead Act?
Who was the group that passed through the Rocky Mountains successfully?
Who were the Missionaries?
Who helped the most in building the Central Pacific Railroad and faced discrimination?
Who were the Chinese?
What was one effect of the Westward Expansion?
What were the Railroads?
What group got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for five months without food?
Who was the Donner Party?
What challenges did the Homesteaders on the Great Plains faced of farming?
What is unpredictable rain?
Who was the group that had trouble with farming on the Great Plains?
Who were the Homesteaders?
What were the starting points of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Where is Omaha, NE, and Sacramento, CA?
What was one effect of the Westward Expansion?
What was more people moving to the West?
Why did a great amount of people travel to California in 1849?
What is seeking gold?
What percentage of land was given away to settlers by the government?
What is 10%
Who were the group that moved to the West for the right to vote?
Who were the Pioneer Women?
What was the long-term effect of building the Transcontinental Railroad across the West?
What is more, people were able to move to the West, more efficiently and quickly?
What was on cause of the Westward Expansion?
What were new job opportunities?
What trail did the 49ers take that was also along the Oregon Trail?
What was the California Trail?
What was the significant invention that brought an end to the open range?
What is Barbed Wire?
What group moved to Utah?
Who were the Mormons?
What was the act in 1862 that allowed for the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?
What is the Pacific Railroad Act?
What was one cause for the Westward Expansion?
When was the first piece of gold found?
What was January 1848?
What was the special breed of cattle that was driven from Texas to the railroad in the late 1800s?
What are Longhorns?