Western Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.
• They were given their choice of where to live.
• They were forced to live in reservations.
• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

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

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

How were the Chinese discriminated against?

• They were denied water and supplies
• Black Codes prevented their freedoms
• they were objected to Jim Crow Laws
• they were paid less than other workers

Which of the following BEST explains how railroads stimulated the national economy in the late 1800s?

• They increased the number of railroad barons
• They allowed a large number of people to enter the United States
• They efficiently allowed products to be shipped across the country
• They diminished the power of monopolies in the railroad industry

All of the following are reasons why the Chinese were excluded under the Chinese Exclusion Act EXCEPT:

• they practiced a different culture
• they didn't speak English
• they took jobs that white workers wanted
• they worked too hard

What increased the value of government land and led to better transportation?

• federal land grants to railroads

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• reservation system

What was the largest amount of land one individual could purchase through the Homestead Act?

• 80 acres
• 160 acres
• 200 acres
• 240 acres

Farmers faced many economic problems in the late 1800s which led to the formation of what?

• American Protective Association

• People's (Populist) Party

• NAACP

• Department of Agriculture

Populist sought to have a typical work day last____hours.

• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8