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What effect did the Dawes Act of 1887 have on Native Americans?

• It allowed indigenous natives to immediately become naturalized citizens of the US.

• It gave free land and money to any Native American who farmed land or worked on the railway systems.

• It ended communal holding of property by Native Americans and moved them onto small allotments of land unsuitable for farming.

• Native Americans were forced to join the U.S. Army and fight Mexican aggression in the South.

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

• cultural assimilation

• cultural nativism

• Social Darwinism

• Ghost Dance movement

How did the Homestead Act impact western settlement?

• it gave the money and the land to the railroad companies to build the nation's first transcontinental railroad.

• it moved Native Americans to small allotments of land unsuitable for farming.

• it gave railroad tycoons the land and the money to build the nation's first transcontinental railroad.

• it gave settlers 160 acres of free land which was to be used for farming for up to 5 years.

What conditions were African Americans known as the "Exodusters" escaping in the South during Westward Expansion? (Select the correct three)

• drought

• voter disenfranchisement

• lynchings

• lack of land for farming

What are two things the Pacific Railway Act offered to railroad contractors? (select the correct two answers)

• Free Land

• Money for construction

• Free labor

• Unlimited access to coal, timber, and iron

Populist leader who gave the Cross of Gold Speech

• William Jennings Bryan

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

What is the central idea of “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911” ?

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how important it is to practice fire safety at work.

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how far we have come as a society when it comes to fire and work safety.

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how a community can come together during a tragedy.

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed the dangerous consequences that unsafe working conditions and corrupt business owners could have for workers.

What are 3 things the Bessemer Process did for steel? (Pick 3)

• it made it cheaper

• it made it more costly

• durable

• produced it faster

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

How did the Monroe Doctrine become America’s first foreign policy?

• It allowed tariffs on imported goods from Europe.

• It declared the western hemisphere off limits from any further European settlement.

• It banned trade from east Asian countries.

• t provided a framework for how America could colonize countries in eastern Europe.