Western Expansion

What was Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the United States had a right and duty to settle the entire continent.

• A popular 1800s song.

• A popular 1800s book.

• The belief that the United States should not expand beyond the original 13 colonies.

Which group was most negatively impacted by Western Expansion?

• African-Americans

• Latinos

• Native Americans

• Asian-Americans

After Westward Expansion, which animal replaced bison as the most important animal on the Great Plains?

• Buffalo

• Cattle

• Llamas

• Turtles

What was one way the government encouraged settlement of the Great Plains?

• The offer of a free car.

• The offer of a free train.

• The offer of a free cow.

• The offer of free land.

Which group of workers was primarily involved in the creation of the Populist, or People's Party in 1891?

• Miners

• Farmers

• Cowboys

• Actors

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

• To protect the Native Americans.

• To move the Native Americans to the East.

• To force the Native Americans to give up their way of life and to adopt U.S. cultural norms.

• To provide Native Americans with free land.

Choose all examples of assimilation:

• Dressing like the dominant culture.

• Maintaining your traditional lifestyle.

• Rejecting the dominant culture.

• Speaking like the dominant culture.

Choose all of the effects of the Dawes Act on Native Americans:

• It improved their lives.

• It ended the communal use of land.

• It allowed the U.S. government to take Native American lands.

• It imposed a foreign culture on their societies.

Where did the Klondike Gold Rush take place?

• California

• Nevada

• Yukon Territory

• Texas

Which city was a major starting point for the voyage to the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush?

• Portland

• Las Vegas

• Denver

• Seattle