Westward Expansion

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories

• removal of European influence from South America

• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

• secession of southern states from the nation

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 wandering into private lands?

• bean picker

• barbed wire

• steel plow

• windmills

What was the government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming?

• Compromise of 1877
• Custer's Last Stand 1876
• Dawes Severalty Act 1887
• Declaration of Independence 1776

Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?

• sun dried brick (adobe)

• lumber from trees

• Sod (made from mud and grass)

• buffalo hides for teepees

Land set aside by the US government for the relocation of Native Americans are called _______________.

• tenements
• ghettos
• colonies
• reservations

Which invention would probably be most useful for a cattle rancher during the late 1800s?

• steel plow
• covered wagon
• windmill
• barbed wire

Those people and families who took advantage of the Homestead Act were nicknamed:

• homesteaders
• pioneers
• miners
• explorers