Westward Expansion

What is assimilation?

• To deny one because of race
• Policy to choose a person born in the US over an immigrant
• To force a culture to adopt a superior culture
• Provide education for agriculture

Which of the following was the biggest blow to Native Americans?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• The Homestead Act
• Destruction of the Buffalo
• Assimilation

Where was the cattle destination on the Chisholm Trail to transport cattle all over the US? 

• Brownsville, Texas
• Chicago, Illinois
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Abilene, Kansas

Which of the following was not a reason for the end of the open range?

• Overgrazing
• Barb Wire
• Railroads went Bankrupt
• Bad Weather

Who were the African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction south to Kansas?

• Sooners
• Exodusters
• Populists
• Vacqueros

Where did Custer whose ego led to the massacre of him and his troops occur?

• Sand Creek
• Wounded Knee
• Little Big Horn
• Red River

What state was gold discovered that caused many people to move west?

• Kansas
• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Colorado

What state did the Sand Creek Massacre occur when 150 Native American women and children were killed?

• Colorado
• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Kansas

Which of the following was an attempt by the U.S. to assimilate Native Americans?

• Homestead Act
• Morrill Act
• Dawes Act
• Nativism

What does reform mean?

• Change
• Assimilation
• Conflicts
• Bemetallism