Westward Expansion DOL

TEK 12(A)

Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker shaded areas?

• The introduction of barbed wire throughout the Great Plains.

• The expansion of railway lines throughout the West.

• The acceptance of Mormons by other religious sects in the East.

• The peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populations.

TEK 3(A)

The primary objectives of the Dawes Act was to -

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

TEK (25B)

These photographs show a group of Chiricahua Apache students on their first day of school at the Carlisle Indian School and the same students four months later, 1886- 1887.

These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to -

• restore U.S. citizenship o American Indians

• encourage the study of American indians

• protect American Indians from nativist policies

• assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

TEK 12(A)

What is the best title for this list?

• How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

TEK 25(B)

These photographs are of the same student at the Carlisle Indian School during the late nineteenth century.

Which word best explains the changes shown in these photographs?

• Immigration

• Assimilation

• Nullification

• Nativism