Mr. Bryant Westward Expansion Test

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What was the Homestead Act?

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Passed in 1862 provided 160 acres of land if you lived on the land and farmed it for five years.

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What was the importance of the Battle of Little Bighorn?

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It was considered a big win for Native Americans who defeated General Custer and his men.

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What was the outcome of Wounded Knee?

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It was a massacre that ended the armed conflict between Native Americans and the United States. Hundreds of Native Americans were killed (mostly women and children).

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A piece of public land set apart for a particular purpose.

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Reservation

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A formal agreement made between two or more groups of people.

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Treaty

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The process by which a person or group of people acquires the characteristics of another group of people.

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Assimilation

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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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The first transcontinental railroad represents which of the following?
Options: technological advances, wheat farming, desire for adventure, desire for a new beginning

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technological advances

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How did the development of the railroad impact the bison (buffalo) population?

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the amount of bison decreased

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest destiny