Westward Migration

The idea of Manifest Destiny is the idea of the U.S.

• to give land to American Indian tribes

• stretching land from ocean to ocean

• to pay settlers to live on the plains

The belief that the United States had a right to expand its borders and claim new lands is known as what?

• Trail of Tears
• Manifest Destiny
• Discrimination
• Industrial Revolution

Which of these is the most likely reason a person would NOT agree with the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• He does not believe the white settlers had the right to push the American Indians off their land.
• He believes the American Indians would be better off on a reservation.
• He believes the white settlers had the right to own as much land as possible.
• He does not believe France really sold the Louisiana Territory to Jefferson.
  

What type of land will you find in the Great Plains?

• Wet and swampy
• Covered with trees
• Grasslands
• Mountains

The Native Americans were forced to leave their home and live on ____.

• Allotments

• homesteads

• reservations

• the plains

Did the Native American population increase or decrease when settlers were coming to live in the West?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

The battle of Little Bighorn was significant why?

• It was the longest battle

• it was the first battle

• It was the last time the Native Americans won

• It was the last time the US Army won

The _____________ act made land very cheap to own in the West.

• Homesick

• Home made Bread

• Home sweet home

• Homestead

The massacre of Wounded Knee was significant why?

• Many US Soldiers died

• Many Native Americans died

• It is not significant

Leader of the Nez Perce, tried to escape to Canada

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

• Little Box

• Chief Joseph