Westward Expansion/Gilded Age

Over hunting reduced the American Buffalo population from 30 million to __________ in a little over a decade.

• 85

• 0

• 8,500

• 85,000

Many farmers built their homes (soddies) from sod. What answer BEST describes sod?

• branches and clay

• they look like teepees

• grass and mud

• curried buffalo hide

Which of the following best describes the landscape of the Great Plains

• relatively flat land and covered by prairie grasses

• relatively flat land and covered by dense forest

• mountainous land with many canyons

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.

This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere.

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Dawes Act

The Dawes Act...

• Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds

• divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation

• established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

How did people move west?

• Horse and Wagon
• Railroad
• Steamship
• all of the above

Native Americans____________________________.

• only ate the meat from the buffalo and left the rest of the body where it was killed

• worshipped the buffalo and never killed them.

• used every part of the buffalo for many things needed to live.

When was the Gilded Age?

• 1828-1836

• 1932-1945

• 1787-1812

• 1877-1901