Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

A Manifest Destiny

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What wars promoted the continued surge of the western movement?

• The end of the War of 1812

• The end of the Revolutionary War

• The end of the Civil War

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What is true of the Homestead Act?

• Passed in 1862

• Claim 160 acres of land for free

• The land had to stay the same

• After five years the homesteaders could apply for the deed

• The land must be improved

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What is true of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Was completed in six years of hard labor

• Tracks were completed between Texas and California

• Connected the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts in 1869

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After numerous treaties, American Indian culture was changed by

• allowing them to stay in their homeland.

• forcing them to reservations.

• forcing the buffaloe they had depended on to near extinction.

• Governments taking over all Native land.

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By the late 1880's the Great Plains were

• Indians were allowed back to settle them.

• taken over by wild rush of pioneers.

• fenced by farmers.

• completely wiped out.

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What was the concept of Manifest Destiny?

• A vision of the United States expanding across the continent

• Pioneers staying where they originally settled

• Pioneers moving to South America

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After which wars did the US acquire more land West?

• War of 1812

• Mexican-American War

• Civil War

• War of the Roses

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What were the reasons people proceed West?

• California Gold Rush

• Mormons pilgrimage to Utah

• Construction of railroads

• Santa Fe, Oregan, and California Trails

• To have fun