Westward Expansion

The expansion of the railroad directly led to economic growth in the US because

• railroads increased competition between different industries
• railroads allowed company owners to travel all over the country
• railroads made resources and products easier to transport to new markets

• railroads led to increased prices of newly available products and resources

What groups way of life was destroyed because of the railroads moving to the west?

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• White men

• Politicians

What animal was almost destroyed due to the westward expansion?

• Horses

• Cows

• Bears

• Buffalo

the first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business combinations was the 

• Federal Trade Commission
• Interstate Commerce Commission
• Federal Anti-Trust Commission
• Federal Communications Commission

The Fighting at Wounded Knee

• resulted in an Indian victory.
• was Custer's redemption after the Battle of Little Big Horn.
• turned into a massacre of Indians, including women and kids.
• was a sneak attack by the Sioux on the 7th Cavalry.

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

The transcontinental railroad ______

• connected east and west
• connected north and south

Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.

• Nativism
• Ethnic Enclaves
• Assimilation

What was the importance of the Interstate Commerce Act?

• It protected the rights of workers in unions.
• It was the first federal food-safety regulation
• It prohibited the formation of monopolies
• It was the first federal law to regulate industry

Which group formed in response to the effect railroad monopolies had on farmers?

• the Grange
• the Ku Klux Klan
• the Know-Nothings
• the Freedmen's Bureau