Transforming the West

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The action of becoming larger or more extensive.

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Expansion

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The belief during the 1800s that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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Manifest Destiny

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Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny? Options: The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast, A slave on a southern plantation, A Native American, A farmer wanting to obtain new land

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A farmer wanting to obtain new land

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The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

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offered free land to those willing to farm it.

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Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs? Cotton, Deer, Buffalo, Gold

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Buffalo

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Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

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the area received little rainfall and had few trees.

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

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turn Native Americans into farmers.

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Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

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reservation

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___________ played a major role in the mining and cattle industry for transporting

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railroads

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Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system and the need for cowboys? Options: The use of sod for houses, The invention of barbed wire, The development of railroads, The disappearance of big mining companies

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The invention of barbed wire