Antagonism of Westward Expansion

Antagonism means

• hostility or opposition

• friendship

• negotiation or compromise

• diplomacy

When American settlers moved into lands of the southwest they came into conflict with which group who was already living there?

• Chinese immigrants

• Exodusters

• Mexican Americans

• Texas militia

To resist American settlers, which group of Mexican Americans fought back against the settlers?

• Ecuadorians

• Las Goras Blancas

• Sioux Indians

• The Barrios

Study the political cartoon. What American policy is being illustrated?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Containment

Why did various groups in America fear Chinese immigrants?

• They worried about competition over jobs

• They worried the Chinese were planning to attack American cities

• The Chinese would not assimilate

• The Chinese were spreading their religion

Which American policy divided up Native American lands to give to American citizens?

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Sedition Act

• Indian Appropriations Act

Which is NOT true of the Dawes Act?

• it forced assimilation of the Sioux Indians

• the Sioux Indians lost much of their culture and traditions

• the Sioux Indians lost much of their land

• it allowed the Sioux Indians to live anywhere in the Great Plains region

Study the newspaper advertisement. What American law was this a result of?

• Chinese Exlcusion Act

• The Immigration Quota Law

• Dawes Act

• Indian Removal Act

The series of conflict between the American government, settlers, and Sioux Indians on the Great Plains in the late 1800s are referred to as the

• Indian Wars

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• Spanish American War

Chief Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were two Sioux leaders who resisted American settlement in the West.

• True

• False