Westward Expansion QSE Review Station

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' right and duty to spread across the North American continent.

Multiple Choice

What was one major source of conflict between U.S. citizens and Native Americans as they moved west?

• Land disputes

• Buffalo population decline

• Resource competition

• Cultural differences

Multiple Choice

What were the consequences of treaties made with Native Americans?

• They were often ignored, leading to battles

• They were always respected

• They led to peaceful coexistence

• They were never signed

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

Multiple Choice

Analyze the effects of the Dawes Act on Native American communities.

• It strengthened tribal unity.

• It led to the loss of communal lands and cultural disintegration.

• It improved economic conditions for Native Americans.

• It resulted in the creation of new reservations.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes how the TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD affected the United States during the late 1800s?

• The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

• The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the East.

• The railroad contributed to population growth and increased sharecropping in the North.

• The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks overseas.

Multiple Choice

Who primarily worked on building the Central Pacific section of the railroad?

• European immigrants

• Chinese immigrants

• African American slaves

• Native Americans

Open Ended

How is the transcontinental railroad connected to the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Hotspot

Where did people most likely settle during the Homestead Act of 1862

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Match

Match the innovation to the problem it is solving during Westward Expansion

• Steel Plow

• Soddies/Sod House

• Barbed Wire

• Transcontinental Railroad

Planting in Hard Soil

Lack of trees for building

Keeping livestock off of crops

Connecting the East and West

• Planting in Hard Soil

• Lack of trees for building

• Keeping livestock off of crops

• Connecting the East and West

Multiple Choice

What were the main factors that contributed to the growth of the cattle industry during cattle drives?

• The introduction of barbed wire

• The expansion of railroads

• The decline of the meatpacking industry

• The increase in cattle prices

Multiple Choice

______________ was an invention used to keep cattle in one area.

• sodbuster

• steel plow

• barbed wire

• free silver

Open Ended

Identify and explain TWO ways the government encouraged westward expansion in the late 1800s.

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