Western Expansion

Why did a family choose to go West?

• promise of free land and adventure
• to escape disease and find jobs
• all of the above

Homestead Act 

• Peace Treaty with the Native Americans 
• Allowed Boomers and Sooners to settle
• Allowed Railroads to be built in the west 
• 10$ fee for an individual to purchase land 

How did railroads impact Native Americans?

• They helped them thrive
• They made them wealthy
• They altered their way of life and took their land
• They had minimal effect on them

Native Americans were forced to live in 

• ghettos
• teepees
• farms
• reservations

Which of the following is not an effect of the Dawes Act.

• Native Americans forced to Americanize
• Forced them to become farmers
• Native Americans became wealthy landowners
• Abolished Native American Tribes

What was the immediate effect of American Indian Citizenship Act?

• Forced Indians into reservations
  
• granted immediate citizenship
• Forced them to give up tribal lands
• All Indians lost their citizenship

America's realization of Manifest Destiny leads to the civilized conquering the frontier.

• Westward Expansion
• Progressive Era
• Globalization
• Urbanization

A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

• Nationalism
• Nativism
• Acculturation
• Assimilation

Which of the following helps to explain the reason for American expansionism in the mid-1800s and early 1900s?

• The United States sought new markets for agricultural and industrial products
• The United States wanted to establish colonies in Asia, Africa, and Australia
• United States foreign policy rejected the theory of "Social Darwinism
• The United States military wanted to establish overseas bases and recruit from those locations

Which of the following BEST explains how railroads stimulated the national economy in the late 1800s?

• They increased the number of railroad barons
• They allowed a large number of people to enter the United States
• They efficiently allowed products to be shipped across the country
• They diminished the power of monopolies in the railroad industry