Western Expansion Gilded Age STAAR REVIEW

TEKS 3B, 29B:Which statement best completes this list?

• Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef.

• Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants.

• The need to process large amounts of Cattle made meatpacking a major industry

TEKS 15A: The passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, led to

• increased agricultural output

• increased tensions between the United States and Canada

• decreased European immigration to the United States

TEKS 15A:

-Congress passed the Homestead Act

- Transcontinental Railroad completed

- Precious minerals such as gold and silver are discovered

The pull factors above led to-

• the growth of cities

• westward settlement

• Indian Removal

TEKS 3B, 15A: The discoveries shown on this map impacted the areas by-

• enriching the American Indians living in these locations

• forcing farmers to leave those areas where minerals were discovered

• attracting large numbers of settlers to these areas

TEKS 15A: Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s?

• The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

• The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the West.

• The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks in the East.

TEKS 3A: The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to —

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

TEKS 3A, 28A: These photographs show a group of Chiricahua Apache students on their first day of school at the Carlisle Indian School and the same students four months later, 1886–1887.

These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to —

• restore U.S. citizenship to American Indians

• encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

• assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

TEKS 3A, 28B:

- Indian removal

- Creation of reservations

- Destruction of buffalo herds

These policies were carried out against the American Indian tribes in

order to —

• secure the boundaries of the United States

• enforce treaties with American Indian tribes

• make land available for settlers from the United States

TEKS 3A, 28A: “All non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided that the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise-affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property” -American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

The passage of the legislation referenced above resulted in-

• land being allocated to individuals as opposed to Indian tribes

• the right of Native Americans to vote outside their tribe or tribal council being granted

• the immediate passage of a Congressional joint resolution apologizing to the Native Peoples of the U.S

TEKS 3A, 28A: Which of these factors contributed most to the image shown above?

• Decreased tribal tensions amongst Native Americans

• Westward expansion of European tenements

• Government policies put in place to claim territory