Western Expansion

The idea of manifest destiny was used to

Which group of people settled in the Rocky Mountains? Options: Sod busters, Prospectors, Cowboys, Homesteaders

Who followed the miners? Options: prospectors, homesteaders, Native Americans, merchants

Boomtowns helped to settle the frontier by

In the late 1840's many people moved to California to

How did the government encourage the railroad companies to build?

How did the transcontinental railroad impact the US? Options: it destroyed the Native American's way of life, settlement of the frontier increased, trade around the nation expands, all of the above

Why were some people against the purchase of Alaska?

During Reconstruction cattle raising

The herding of cattle from Texas to the railroad is known as the