U.S. History Chapter 5

U.S. citizen's belief that it was the country's destiny to expand and posses all territory to the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny

• Progressive Movement

• Populist Platform

• Assimilation

The richest discover of precious ores in history in 1859.

• Oklahoma Land Rush

• Comstock Lode

• Gold Rush of 1849

• Homestead Act

It stated that anyone who would agree to cultivate 160 acres of land for 5 years would receive title to that land from the federal government.

• Morrill land-grant Act

• Homestead Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Populism

It distributed millions of acres of western territory to state governments to create agricultural colleges.

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• Dawes Act

• Oklahoma Land Rush

Which of the following was NOT a motivation for western expansion in the 1800s?

• Religious reasons

• Land opportunities

• Industrialized cities

• Wealth availability

Why were people attracted to California in 1849?

• Comstock Lode

• Gold

• Cattle Industry

• Indian Reservations

In 1889, Congress opened _______________ for settlements resulting in 50,000 people waiting at the border of this state to claim their land.

• Louisiana

• Oklahoma

• Kansas

• California

A huge grassland in the central United States.

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Great Basin

• California

Which of the following is NOT related to the Great Plains?

• Lack of trees

• Soddy homes

• Buffalo

• Dense forests

Which of the following made life easier on the Great Plains? (3 Answers)

• John Deere's steel plow

• Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine

• Henry Ford's model T

• Joseph Glidden's barbed wire