(5)Section 1: Cultures Clash on the Prairie

What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to the west in search for gold?

• The Gold Rush

• The Gold Movement

• Goldilocks

• Gold Gathering

As a result of Westward Expansion, what tragic event took the lives of over one third of the Native American people as they moved to Indian reservations?

• The Trail of Tears
• The War for Independence
• The French and Indian War
• The War of 1812

President Andrew Jackson offered to pay for Native American land and give them more land west of the Mississippi River if they would leave.  What was this process called?

• Americanization Policy
• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Westward Expansion
• Land Trade

What obstacles did settlers face traveling west.

• mountains

• crossing rivers

• crossing the great plains

• Snow storms

• Lack of resources

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

• the amount of bison did not change
• the amount of bison decreased
• the amount of bison increased
• bison migrated east

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) ?

• 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

How were the Native Americans (NA) economically affected by displacement?

• NA profited from gold found on their reservations

• NA families were separated from their children

• NA lived comfortably on reservations

• Many NA suffered from poverty and starvation

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civillization ACt 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act