Westward Expansion

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

• To move prisoners west

• To encourage westward expansion

• To defeat Mexico

• To make peace with the Native Americans

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

Which Act of Congress allow settlers to acquire 160 acres of land at a low cost

• Homestead Act
• Agricultural Act
• Land-Grant College Act
• Oklahoma settlement Act

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 

• Homestead Act 
• Morrill Act 
• Dawes Act 
• Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

What did the Homestead Act offer?

• a new home for travelers

• a stop along the Oregon Trail

• free land after 5 years of living on it.

Which was NOT one of the groups of people that helped remake the West?

• Miners

• Ranchers

• Factory People

• Farmers

Adopting the customs and practices of the dominant culture.

• Nativism
• Ethnic Enclaves
• Assimilation

The Dawes Act...

• Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
• divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
• provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
• established the route for the Transcontinental railroad