Western Expansion Fall 2020 Semester Exam Review

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

• The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
• To "civilize" Native Americans
• To  give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
• To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?

• Homestead Act
• Morril Act
• Dawes Act
• Reconstruction Act

The process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of a dominant culture/El proceso mediante el cual individuos y grupos de herencias diferentes adquieren los hábitos básicos, las actitudes y el modo de vida de una cultura dominante.

• assimilation/asimilación

• amalgamation/amalgamación

• acculturation/aculturación

Why did the cattle industry grow in Texas after the Civil War?

• The Civil War killed all the cows.

• There was a demand for beef in the north and Texas had a large supply of cattle.

• Settlers moved in and brought new cows.

How did Texans get their cattle to market?

• Mailed them

• Cattle drives

• Trucks

• Shipped them on boats

Why would cattle ranchers drive their cattle to northern cities?

• Cattle was selling for more money in the south

• Cattle was selling for more money in the more north/eastern markets

• The land was not suitable for the cattle in the south

The pioneers that took advantage of the Homestead Act were called...

• homesteaders
• ranchers
• sodbusters
• scalawags

Invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the

• development of the Great Plains
• growth of the plantation system of agriculture
• extension of slavery into the western territories
• gold rushes in California and Nevada

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.
• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to public property through homesteading.
• Speculators bought large parcels of land and built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
• Native Americans sold most of their tribal land directly to railroad companies.

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad