Westward Expansion: Impact on Native Americans

Westward Expansion: Impact on Native Americans

5th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Westward Expansion: Impact on Native Americans

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5th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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How do these images show the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans?

Native Americans were forced to assimilate into American culture
Native Americans gained opportunities to own land
Native Americans benefitted from purchasing mail order goods
Native Americans went west in search of gold and silver wealth

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Westward expansion had the most negative effect on which group of people?

European immigrants
American Indians
Southern farmers
African Americans

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Native Americans lost their homelands mostly due to:

droughts.

selling their land.

fights breaking out.

treaties being broken.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Homestead Act offer?

a free house made of wood

a stop along the Oregon Trail

free land after 5 years of living on it.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

American Indians’ population was reduced by battles with settlers, disease, and a decrease in buffalo populations.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The US treated the American Indians fairly by buying their land at a good price and allowing them to live on reservations only if they wanted to.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following choices best represent the impact that westward expansion had on Native Americans except which one?

Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations

Assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes

Obtaining wealth - search for gold and silver

Reduced population through warfare and disease

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