Migration Westward

Western Migration

Make sure to take notes & answer the formative questions!

Multiple Choice

What was the economic BENEFIT of the large numbers of immigrants coming into the U.S. as many Americans were moving west?

• The immigrants contributed to the economic growth and development of the country.

• The country suffered economically, having to take care of all the immigrants.

• The nation felt the loss of the citizens moving west.

Multiple Choice

Westward migration in the United States improved the economy because

• the Erie Canal was discovered

• new resources were gained

• the frontier had land for building factories

Multiple Choice

After the Civil War, western lands in the United States became increasingly easier to get to and therefore more crowded due to the invention of:

• The Airplane

• The Automobile

• The Railroad

• The Steamboat

• The Canoe

Multiple Choice

Many people today accuse the United States government of genocide against the Native Americans. Which of the following would support that assertion?

• The Number of Violent Native American Deaths

• The Amount of Disease Contracted by Native Americans

• The Amount of Land Taken by English Settlers

• The Fact that Africans Were Enslaved in the Early United States

Multiple Choice

This picture depicts Native Americans dead in the snow after a conflict. Where is this picture most likely from?

• Gettysburg

• Wounded Knee

• Little Big Horn

• Antietam

• Fort Pillow

Multiple Choice

Geronimo and Crazy Horse are famous Native Americans who violently attacked United States forces. Native Americans would have supported this, but to white and black Americans in the Eastern US, this would have been seen as:

• Freedom Fighting

• Terrorism

• A World War

• Economic Warfare

• Geonocide

Multiple Choice

At what battle was George Armstrong Custer and his entire unit ripped apart by the Sioux?

• Little Big Horn

• Wounded Knee

• Gettysburg

• Sand Creek

• Antietam

Multiple Choice

An area of public lands set aside for Native Americans

• nullify

• reservation

• embargo

• prospect

Multiple Choice

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise

• The Homestead Neighborhood

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Homestead farmland

Multiple Choice

The Dawes Act...

• Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
• divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
• provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
• established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

Multiple Choice

Gave 160 acres of western land to anyone who promised to farm.

• Homestead Act

• Haymarket Act

• Freeland Act

• Indian Removal Act