Unit 1 - Westward Expansion and the Civil War

How did the federal governments policy towards Native Americans change in the 1850's?

• It began to restrict Native Americans to smaller areas called "reservations" to make way for railroads and white settlers.
• It sent the union army to protect Native American tribes from overly aggressive white settlers.
• It resettled Native Americans east of the Mississippi.
• None of the above

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

• the expansions of slavery into new territories

• the sale of federal lands to slave owners

• the right of Northerners to own slaves

• the return of slaves who had escaped from the South

In the 1850's, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

• Native American Indians and white settlers

• Spanish landowners and new American settlers

• Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• pro-slavery and antislavery groups

Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860?

• Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.
• A constitutional  amendment was adopted to end slavery.
• Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.
• Several Southern states seceded from the Union.

Which battle ended when hundreds of Sioux were massacred by United States' 7th Cavalry signaling the end of the Indian Wars?

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Massacre at Sand Creek

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Fetterman's Massacre

Which battle resulted in the fall of Colonel Custer and is also known as Custer's Last Stand?

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Red River War

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Fetterman's Massacre

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Dawes Act?

• It was an attempt to Americanize (assimilate) the natives

• It tried to give the Natives a desire to farm

• It was meant to break up communal ties within the tribe

• It was established to increase the size of the Native reservations

Which of the following most accurately describes the impact of white settlement on Native American tribes in the 1800s?

• It empowered the tribes who suddenly found themselves able to use land and gold as bargaining chips in their negotiations with the US government

• it was detrimental to Native Americans because it meant that they were forcibly removed and sometimes killed so that white settlers could acquire land and gold

• it enriched many Native American tribes who were compensated financially for the land that was taken for US settlement

• It had little effect because the tribes were allotted large areas of land called reservations on which they could continue to live and practice their way of life

What was so significant about the transcontinental railroad?

• it was the first railroad built in the US

• it served to unite the nation by connecting the eastern and western railways

• it served to unite the nation by connecting the northern and southern railways

• it was the first railroad built solely by white, native born citizens

What court case upset Northern abolitionists by claiming slaves were not citizens of the United States?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v.Ferguson