Westward Expansion Review

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Which group worked in California (searching for gold) and also helped build the Transcontinental Railroad? Options: Italian, Japanese, Irish, Chinese

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Chinese

Front

Why did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West?

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offered free land to those willing to farm it.

Front

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

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disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Front

One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to..

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turn Native Americans into farmers.

Front

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

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reservation

Front

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

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Dawes Act

Front

Which was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians? Options: Wounded Knee, The Little Bighorn, Bull Run, Falling Timbers

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Wounded Knee

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The rapidly growing communities that appeared at the site of mineral strikes were called _________.

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boomtowns

Front

What was placed to provide easy transportation for the mining industry and increased population in the plains and west? Options: Southern Railroad, Transcounty Railroad, Transcontinental Railroad, Continental Railroad

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Transcontinental Railroad

Front

Lakota Sioux chief killed at Wounded Knee.

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Sitting Bull