Unit 9 - Westward Settlement

Unit 9 - Westward Settlement

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Describe and explain the purpose and impact of the Homestead Act (1862).

Describe and explain the purpose and impact of the Pacific Railway Act (1862).

Multiple Choice

Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific

Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal

government to

• provide land to minority groups

• resolve conflicts with Native American

  Indians

• encourage settlement west of the Mississippi

  River

• support settlement of former plantation lands

Multiple Choice

The Homestead Act (1862) attempted to promote development of western lands by

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

• providing free land to settlers

• removing all restrictions on immigration

• placing Native American Indians on

  reservations

Multiple Choice

Which title best completes the partial outline

below?

I. __________________________________

A. California Gold Rush (1849)

B. Homestead Act (1862)

C. Completion of transcontinental

railroad (1869)

• Factors Encouraging Westward Settlement

• Government-Sponsored Transportation Programs

• Recognition of Native American Indian Land

  Rights

• Actions Promoting the Conservation of

  Natural Resources

Define assimilation and provide two examples of policies designed to assimilate Native Americans.

Evaluate the impact of the Dawes Act on Native Americans

Evaluate the impact that forced assimilation efforts (such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School) had on Native Americans.

Multiple Choice

The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was primarily an attempt by the United States government to

• limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

• return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes

• encourage Native American Indians to give up their traditional cultures

• hire Native American Indians as military scouts

Multiple Choice

What was a major goal of the Dawes Act (1887)?

• to provide a tribal legislature to govern all reservations

• to remove the Cherokees from the southeastern United States

• to strengthen Native American Indian tribal unity

• to encourage assimilation of Native American Indians

Multiple Choice

This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to

• train future leaders in tribal traditions

• prepare children for life on the reservation

• teach skills needed for working in factories

• promote cultural assimilation

Evaluate the impact of the Homestead Act and Pacific Railway Act on Native Americans.

Impact of Homestead Act and Pacific Railway Act on Native Americans

• Forced onto reservations

• Assimilation Efforts (Dawes Act, Carlisle School)

• Decimation of the buffalo population