Settling The West

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Why did the Homestead Act encourage people to move West?

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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? Options: Cotton, Deer, Buffalo, Gold

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Buffalo

Front

Colonel George Armstrong Custer is best known for his..

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disastrous loss in Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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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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When the mines ran out in Boom-towns and the people moved on it often created ____________

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Ghost towns

Front

What revolutionized the transportation of goods in the 19th century?

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railroads

Front

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

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Dawes Act

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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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Which individual was on the WINNING side of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

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Sitting Bull