Westward Expansion

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

• the amount of bison did not change
• the amount of bison decreased
• the amount of bison increased
• bison migrated east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the Native Americans move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the Native Americans had

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

How were the Native Americans economically affected by displacement?

• They profited from gold found on their reservations

• Their families were separated from their children

• They lived comfortably on reservations

• Many suffered from poverty and starvation

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

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

What invention helped prevent cattle from escaping?

• bean picker
• barbed wire
• steel plow
• windmills 

The Battle of Wounded Knee...

• was the first major battle of the west
• was also known as Custer's Last Stand
• was the last major battle of the west
• none of the above

The Dawes Act...

• gave Native Americans more land

• forced the native population to claim their own land within the reservation and sold off any unclaimed land

• borrowed land from the Native Americans

• none of the above

The Ghost Dance...

• was a sacred dance used by the natives 
• was a sacred dance
• used to summon the natives dead ancestors to remove the white settlers
• all of the above