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All Americans felt the West began west of which river?
a) Colorado
b) Mississippi
c) Utah
d) Hudson

Which NFL football team got their name from the gold rush?
a) Dallas Cowboys
b) Los Angeles Rams
c) New Orleans Saints
d) San Francisco 49ers

The Homestead Act was a government act that gave pioneers...
a) money
b) land
c) food
d) supplies

The government act that forced Native Americans off there land was called
a) Westward expansion
b) Native American Relocation
c) Manifest Destiny
d) Indian Removal Act

Which animal was on the brink of extinction due to Westward Expansion?
a) cows
b) buffalo
c) horses
d) no animal was on the brink of extinction

Who ordered the Indian Removal Act?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Andrew Jackson
d) James Madison

The transcontinental railroad shortened a trip across the coast to...
a) 6 months
b) 6 years
c) 6 hours
d) 6 days

Which immigration groups grew as a result of the transcontinental railroad?
a) Irish and Chinese
b) American and Irish
c) Chinese and Spanish
d) Spanish and British

How were the railroad companies paid for building the transcontinental railroad?
a) money
b) food
c) land
d) gold

Nearly 4,000 Native Americans died on the
a) Trail of Tears
b) Trail of No Return
c) Oregon Trail
d) Transcontinental Railroad

What is the name of the woman in the painting titled American Progress?
a) Lady Liberty
b) Colombia
c) Manifest Destiny
d) She doesn't have a name

Native Americans living in the east were forced to move to the...
a) north
b) south
c) farther east
d) west

How did the pioneers FIRST travel to the west?
a) stagecoach
b) wagons
c) cars
d) trains

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