Final Exam Review: Westward Expansion

Workers who built the transcontinental railroad were mainly

• homesteaders and cowboys
• Chinese
• Russian and Irish
• Mexican

Which was a successful example of "Americanization"?

• The Dawes Act led Native Americans to sell their lands.
• The Homestead Act made federal land available to settlers.
• Congress prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers.
• The children of Native Americans learn English in public schools.

The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to

• Reconstruction
• racial equality
• manifest destiny
• conservation of natural resources

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to--

• promote cultural assimilation of Native Americans.
• turn Native American reservations into corporate farmlands.
• end warfare between Native Americans the U.S. military.
• promote Native American investment in private industry.

The growth of cities.

• Urbanization
• Immigration
• Assimilation
• Industrialization

The process of the blending into a culture.

• Americanization
• Assimilation
• Nativism
• Crankification

What act gave 160 acres to any person who would live on the land for 5 years and "improve" it? (Generally through farming)

• The Dawes Act
• The Food and Drug Act
• The Homestead Act of 1862
• The Migration Act

All of the following are reasons why the Chinese were excluded under the Chinese Exclusion Act EXCEPT:

• they practiced a different culture
• they didn't speak English
• they took jobs that white workers wanted
• they worked too hard