Westward Expansion

Grade 5 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Read each fact. Circle who it is about.

1. 1.

   Packed food, tools and clothes into a wagon.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
2. 2.

   Passed laws that helped railroads claim land.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
3. 3.

   Lost millions of acres through treaties that were often broken.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
4. 4.

   Followed the Santa Fe Trail to trade.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
5. 5.

   Traded furs and goods with settlers and traders.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
6. 6.

   Went to war with Mexico and gained new lands.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
7. 7.

   Governed themselves as separate nations.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
8. 8.

   Built forts along the trails.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
9. 9.

   Built sod houses on the plains.

   • settlers
   • Native nations
   • the U.S. government
10. 10.

    Wrote letters back home about the trip.

    • settlers
    • Native nations
    • the U.S. government