WESTWARD EXPANSION

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What did the westward expansion offer for former slaves?

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a new beginning and freedom

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Westward Expansion

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The act or process of the Western part of the country growing larger.

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All are reasons for westward expansion except which one?

• opportunities for land ownership
• possibility of obtaining wealth
• new beginning for freedmen
• Reduced their homelands through treaties that were broken

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Reduced their homelands through treaties that were broken

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Search for gold and silver represents which of the following reasons?

desire for adventure

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possibility of obtaining wealth

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opportunities for land ownership

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technological advances

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possibility of obtaining wealth

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The first transcontinental railroad represents which of the following?

technological advances

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wheat farming

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desire for adventure

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desire for a new beginning

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technological advances

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This picture represents which of the following?

Opportunities for land ownership

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Desire for adventure

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Desire for new opportunities

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Possibility to Obtain Wealth

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Possibility to Obtain Wealth

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This represents which of the following?

• Desire for new beginnings
• Opportunities for land ownership
• Technological advances
• Desire for adventure

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Desire for adventure

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The homestead act represents which of the following?
- possibility of obtaining wealth
- desire for adventure
- opportunities for land ownership
- technological advances

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opportunities for land ownership

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Impact of westward expansion on Native Americans (except one):

• Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations
• Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes
• Obtaining wealth - search for gold and silver
• Reduced population through warfare and disease

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Obtaining wealth - search for gold and silver

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This picture best represents which impact of westward expansion on Native Americans? Options: Reduced homeland through broken treaties, Reduced population through warfare and disease, Opposition by Native Americans, Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes

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Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes