Gilded Age: Westward Expansion

After the Civil War, the U.S. entered an era known as the ____ when America experienced rapid changes.

• Great Awakening

• Great Depression

• Roaring Twenties

• Gilded Age

After the Civil War, the area west of the _____ River was settled.

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Tennessee

• Rio Grande

Who was an advocate for the Native Americans during this time period who wrote A Century of Dishonor and Ramona?

• Mark Twain

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• William Faulkner

• Walt Whitman

What first drew people to the west?

• farming

• ranching

• mining

• the buffalo

What was the first law passed by Congress that prevented immigration to America?

• The Latin American Exclusion Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Immigrant Exclusion Act

• America never prevented immigration.

After the Civil War, demand for what product increased dramatically, causing a drastic increase in the need for ranching?

• beef

• pork

• poultry

• dairy

What type of transport was used to carry cattle from the west to the meatpacking cities of the north?

• airplanes

• cars

• wagons

• trains

What was the name of the law that created incentives for Americans to settle the west?

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Equal Rights Act

Under the Homestead Act, how many years did a person/family have to work their 160 acres in the west before the government gave allowed them to become full owners?

• 5 years

• 7 years

• 3 years

• 1 year

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation mentioned in your notes that farmers embraced in order to be successful in the west?

• dry farming

• harvesting machinery

• new varieties of crops, especially wheat

• crop rotation