Review: Westward Expansion

Vocabulary Review: "Exoduster" refers to...

• Anyone claiming a homestead on the Plains

• A former slave who left the South to claim land on the Plains

• A single woman who lived on her own homestead

• A rancher and cattle driver in the West

Vocabulary Review: "Manifest Destiny" refers to...

• The desire to own multiple homesteads on the Plains.

• The hope that American settlers and Native American tribes could live peacefully together on the Plains.

• The viewpoint that Native Americans were meant to be roaming free on the Plains.

• The belief that the land in the West was fated for American settlement and was a blessing waiting to be received.

Vocabulary Review: Assimilation means...

• To become like another group of people (to become "similar to" them)

• To diversify and celebrate the many differences between different groups of people

• To free people from enslavement

• To join a divided nation together

Vocabulary Review: The Homestead Act....

• Gave 160 acre plots of land to American settlers

• Gave 160 acre plots of land to Native American families

• Gave plots of unassigned land to anyone wanting tribal land in Oklahoma, as long as they were willing to race for it

• Gave reservation land to Native Americans

Vocabulary Review: The Dawes Act....

• Gave 160 acre plots of land to American settlers

• Gave 160 acre plots of land to Native American families

• Gave plots of unassigned land to anyone wanting tribal land in Oklahoma, as long as they were willing to race for it

• Gave reservation land to Native Americans

Vocabulary Review: The Battle of Little Bighorn ended with...

• The accidental deaths of hundreds of unarmed Native Americans

• The deaths of George Custer and all of the men in the 7th Cavalry

• A complete and total surrender of the U.S. military

• A negotiation to split the Plains between the settlers and the tribes

Vocabulary Review: The event at Wounded Knee in 1890 ended with...

• The accidental deaths of hundreds of unarmed Native Americans

• The deaths of George Custer and all of the men in the 7th Cavalry

• A complete and total surrender of the U.S. military

• A negotiation to split the Plains between the settlers and the tribes

Select ALL of the following that helped lead to the settlement of the West.

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• Free land through the Homestead Act

• General George Custer

Which of the following were long term results of Westward Expansion?

• Voting Rights for Women

• Decreased Buffalo Population

• Assimilation of Native Americans to a more "American" Way of Life

• Economic and Agricultural Advancement in the United States

Select ALL of the beliefs settlers and Native Americans disagreed on.

• Religious Beliefs

• Desire to live peacefully on the Plains

• Views on land ownership and settlement