Westward Expansion

Gold was one reason that settlers moved west. Gold was discovered in this state in 1849.

• California

• Utah

• Colorado

• Washington

The opportunity for land ownership was one reason settlers went west. This Act gave settlers 130 acres for a small fee with the understanding they must live therefor 5 years.

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Volstead Act of 1850

• Manifest Act of 1860

• Marshall Act

Technological advances enabled settlers for travel west more easily. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in ___________________

• 1853

• 1869

• 1900

• 1895

This was the belief that Americans had the right to expand its borders from coast to coast

• Divine Province

• Civil Rights Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

This group of people moved west in search of a new beginning and as a direct result of the 13th Amendment

• Women

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• Immigrants

These Indian chiefs opposed westward expansion

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

• Chief Joseph

• Nez Perce

This was the battle in which General George Custer and his men were killed

• Ghost Run

• Trial of Tears

• Wounded Knee

• Little Big Horn

Native Americans were forced to move to land set aside for their use. These lands were called

• Reservations

• Migrant camps

• Immigrant camps

• Concentration camps

White people tried to make the Native Americans appear "more American". This attempt was called

• assimilation

• relocation

• immigration

• naturalization

True or False: Many treaties were broken with the Native Americans

• True

• False