19-20 USH Westward Expansion Review

The belief that the God had said the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• Imperialism

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Darwinism

These "Exodusters" chose to move West in order to escape the KKK and in the hopes of owning land.

• European Immigrants

• Asian Immigrants

• Mexican Americans

• African Americans

In this event, the discovery of gold in the California territory led to a massive migration of new settlers to the land in order to get rich.

• Gold Rush

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon movement

• Crypto Craze

What was the last armed conflict to take place between the Native Americans and the U.S. Army?

• The Battle of Tippecanoe

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• The Battle of Little Big Horn

The law that took Native lands and tried to force Native Americans to assimilate into white culture in 1887 was called the:

• Dawes Act

• Enforcement Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

Which statement best explains what the Dawes Act did?

• It allowed the railroads to build on private land.

• It put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans

• It gave free land to white settlers.

• It took tribal lands from Native Americans, sold leftover land to whites, and forced Natives to assimilate.

Which of the following led to the end of the open ranges of the West?

• trains

• windmills

• barbed wire

• Homestead Act

This law offered free or cheap land to Americans and immigrants who were willing to start new settlements and farms on the Great Plains.

• Relocation Act

• Land Settlement Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

This area was the home of many Native Americans, but had rapid white settlement due to the Homestead and Dawes Acts.

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains