Western Expansion

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America.

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As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

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They were forced to live in reservations.

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The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act: Native Americans forced to Americanize, Forced them to become farmers, Native Americans became wealthy landowners, Abolished Native American Tribes?

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Native Americans became wealthy landowners

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Which invention brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains? Options: steel plow, reaper, windmill, barbed wire

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barbed wire

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soddy

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a shelter built by pioneers on the Great Plains with thick pieces of sod stacked like bricks

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This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years

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The Homestead Act

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grassland in the west-central part of the U.S

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Great plains

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Ritual that was supposed to bring back the Native American way of life.

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Ghost Dance

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where the Sioux defeated the 7th Cavalry.

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Little Big Horn