Westward Expansion Review

What word means, "land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native Americans to live on".  

• Manifest Destiny
• Reservation
• Assimilation
• Westward Expansion

What word means, "a belief that it was the destiny of America to spread across the entire continent".  

• Manifest Destiny
• Reservation
• Assimilation
• Westward Expansion

What word means, "to change your way of life to be more like the dominant culture".  

• Manifest Destiny
• Reservation
• Assimilation
• Westward Expansion

What was NOT one effect of the Homestead Act?

• Settlers got 150 acres of land
• Native Americans were pushed off their land
• More settlers moved west
• Native Americans moved back east.

What word best fits the term "economic"?

• Money
• Culture

Which of these is NOT an economic reason settlers moved west?

• Technology
• Land
• Mining
• Farming/Ranching

Sitting Bull was a _____________ chief.

• Sioux
• Cheyenne
• Apache
• Nez Perce

Geronimo was an _____________ leader.

• Sioux
• Cheyenne
• Apache
• Nez Perce

Which famous battle ended with the defeat and death of General George Custer?

• Sand Creek Massacre
• Battle of the Little Big Horn
• Wounded Knee Massacre
• Gettysburg

What did the Dawes Act encourage Native Americans to do?

• assimilate
• become farmers
• live on reservations
• all of the above