Exam 1 Retest: Early America & Westward Expansion

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?

• Hayes Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Bland-Allison Act
• Dawes Act

What was built to connect the east coast with the west coast?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Panama Canal

• Southern Railroad

Gold rush that took place in the Yukon Region

• Silverton
• Sutter’s Mill
• Ohio Springs
• Klondike

What term describes the idea of being absorbed into a larger culture?

• assimilation
• convergence
• prejudice
• cultural diffusion

What did the Homestead Act do?

• It limited immigration
• It regulated businesses
• It increased the tariff
• It gave free land to those who settled in the West

Where are these rights found?

Unalienable Rights: Life, Liberty & the pursuit of happiness

• The VA Declaration of RIGHTS

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Preamble

• The Charters of the VA co of London

The first ten amendments of The Constitution are called

• The declaration of rights
• The Bill of Rights
• The declaration of independence
• RAPPS

What is the Constitution?

• the laws and principles of our government

• a written plan of government for Mexico

• a letter declaring our freedom

• the laws for Texas

This document created our first government

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

Which document is the CONSTITUTION?

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