Westward Expansion/Gilded Age

Which of the following regions did the Homestead Act influence the most?

• East Coast

• Hawaiian Islands

• Midwest/Great Plains

• Texas

What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

• A law which settled Native Americans on reservations

• A law which provided land for settlers who would move and farm it out west

• A law which broke up a railroad strike in Pennsylvania

• A law which gave free access to the Mississippi River

What impact did the Homestead Act of 1862 have on population distribution in the United States?

• Native Americans began to move off reservations and take back land that they lost to white settlers

• African Americans moved out of the south and into northern cities to take advantage of factory work

• Rural to urban migration hit its peak after the passage of the law

• People began to settle the Western United States, especially the Great Plains

What was the purpose of passing the Dawes Act of 1887?

• warn colonists that British soldiers were coming to destroy weapon stockpiles at Lexington and Concord

• to help assimilate Native Americans into society

• to help transition African-Americans from slaves into citizens

• to grant women the right to vote

What conclusion can be made by analyzing the above image

• During the late 1800s, Railroads became vital in transporting people and products across the nation.

• Railroad construction slowed down as the United States entered into the 20th century

• Railroads had little impact on populating the Midwest and West coasts of the United States

Taking advantage of workers, greedy, and corrupt are all words used to describe ...

• Captains of Industry

• Entrepreneurs

• Philanthropists

• Robber Barons

What was the relationship like between the federal government and railroad companies during the late 1800s?

• the government wanted to nationalize the railroads and eliminate all of the companies

• the government worked closely with railroad companies by providing them free land to build railway lines

• the government had little to no relationship with the railroad companies during that time period

• the government hired the railroad companies eliminate the Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains

Oil

• Carnegie

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

• Morgan

Railroads

• Carnegie

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

• Morgan

Banking

• Carnegie

• Rockefeller

• Vanderbilt

• Morgan