Westward Expansion American History

What was the most common connection between travelers of the Mormon Trail

• They were emigrating west for religious reasons. Most traveled to the Great Salt Lake Valley

• They were traveling in hopes of striking it reach by finding gold

• They were going to trade goods in the Southwest

People who traveled this trail were possibly traveling to find gold in the Willamette Valley

• Santa Fe

• Oregon

• Mormon

• California

Usually traveled by men who were looking to trade good in the South west of the United States

• Santa Fe

• Oregon

• Mormon

• California

The Pacific Railway Act created a transcontinental railroad

• True

• False

What act gave US Citizens 160 acres of land to live on and farm

• Dawes Act

• Morril Act

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

What act helped create colleges such as South Dakota State or North Dakota State

• Dawes Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

Native Americans were removed from their land and forced to move to reservations elsewhere by this Act

• Morrill Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

The Dawes Act gave individual Native Americans a piece of land and American Citizenship in hopes of assimilating them into "American" ways of life.

• True

• False

What was the trail called that saw Native American forced from their homes and moved to Reservation in Oklahoma where lives were lost

• Trail of Tears

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Trail of hope

Conflicts in the Western Expansion time period between Native Amercians and White settlers or the US government are known as

• Mexican American War

• Indian Wars

• American Revolution

• American Civil war