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Westward Expansion Review

Westward Expansion Review

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Flashcard

Social Studies

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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Wayground Content

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which term is associated with the belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the continent?

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Back

Manifest Destiny

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did government policies and new technology contribute to westward migration after the Civil War?

Back

They made it easier and more appealing for people to move west by providing support and improving transportation.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was one major result of the Homestead Act of 1862?

Back

Settlement and farming of the Great Plains

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of the following conflicts resulted from Native American resistance to government policies? Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee, Gettysburg and Antietam, Lexington and Concord, Pearl Harbor and Midway

Back

Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why might a poster like this have been created in the past?

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Back

To encourage people to move to a new area

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did the buffalo become an obstacle during the expansion of trains?

Back

They blocked the progress of trains

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the estimated bison population in the early 1800s?

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Back

30-60 million

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