Unit 2 : Westward Expansion

Which of the following is the name of the government policy that would give people 160 acres of land?

• Dawes Act

• Bill Of Rights

• Homestead Act

• Assimilation

Select the correct two answers:

What were the two requirements that frontier settlers had to accomplish to earn the 160 acres of land?

• Build a house

• Kill all the buffalo

• Raise cow for cattle drives

• Grow crops on the land

Which of the following was NOTa difficulty faced by potential farmers in the Great Plains?

• No knowledge of how to grow crops

• Little to no natural resources

• Earthquakes

• Harsh weather conditions

• Run in's with Indian Tribes

What is the name of the law that was designed to divide Indian Reservations into individual plots of land?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Patriot Act

• Unalienable rights

What was the goal of the Carlisle schools?

• Train Farmers how to grow crops and protect their land from attacks by Native Americans

• Teach Newly freed slaves how to read and write

• Train soldiers how to hunt and kill all the buffalo

• Teach Native American Children and assimilate them into American life.

What is the name of the famous last stand of General Custard?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of the Little Big Horn

• Battle of Hogwarts

• D Day

What invention was used as fencing and would eventually close of the frontier making life difficult for cattle ranchers.

• The Rail Road

• Barbed Wire

• Gilded Steel

• Aluminum

Which of the following statements about the Rail Road in the Gilded Age is true?

• The Transcontinental railroad would eventually link the East Coast to the West Coast

• The Rail Road companies are run by greedy individuals who often used their power to squeeze people for money.

• The rail road hired soldiers to shoot and kill as many buffalo as possible. Today buffalo are nearly extinct

• All of the above statements are true

What does Assimilation mean?

• To teach someone to farm

• To allow someone to live on your land

• To make something more like something else

• To negotiate

What do you think about Assimilating Native American Children?

• Bad because it takes away their culture

• Good because it give them an education and a chance at a better life

• Somewhere in the middle