Westward Expansion

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this lef to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

What did the Homestead Act offer?

• a new home for travelers

• a stop along the Oregon Trail

• free land after 5 years of living on it.

Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?

• They were looking for gold.

• They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.

• They liked the towns found there.

• They wanted a factory job there.

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would linve on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise

• The Homestead Neighborhood

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Homestead farmland

What did many homesteaders live in?

• wooden houses

• sod houses

• farm houses

• apartments

White settlers killed many __________ which were the main food supply of the Native people.

• cattle

• buffalo

• beaver

• eagles

Why did the U.S. government want Native Americans to go to reservations?

• They wanted their land.

• They were trying to help them.

• They wanted to learn their culture.

• They wanted their lifestyle.

Some Native American tribes went to war against settlers and soldiers because...

• Their farms were being trampled by cattle

• Sharpshooters were killing Native Americans

• They were protecting the gold and silver found on their lands

• They were being pushed onto smaller reservations.

Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.

• Nativism

• Ethnic Enclaves

• Assimilation