Westward Expansion Quiz

Which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of 1862

• gave free land to settlers in the west

• removed restrictions on immigration

• created a new type of Agricultural System

• allowed peoples of China to settle in California

How did the Dawes Act affect Native Americans?

• It did not affect Native Americans

• Began the Indian Wars

• forced assimilation upon Native Americans

• It gave Native Americans freedom to worship freely

The main goal of the Dawes Act was to

• Americanize Native Americans

• Give Native Americans free land

• Give Native Americans freedom

• Create free land for settlers

What invention prevented cowboys from trampling on farmers land?

• Rifle

• Pesticides

• Barbed Wire

• Border Wall

What connected he east and west coast in America?

• Panama Canal

• Erie Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Silk Road

Native Americans depended on ___________ to survive.

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Reservations

• Buffalo

Why was there a high demand for cowboys?

• assimilate native amerians

• assimilate immigrants

• beef industry

• keep native americans off farmland

the homestead act was created to

• assimilate native americans

• get people to move out west

• assimilate immigrants

• kill off native americans

Which of the following is NOT a reason westward expansion occurred

• discovery of Gold

• homestead act

• cattle industry

• free land

What law gave Native Americans Citizenship 1920's?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• American Indian Citizenship Act

• the 1st amendment