Westward Expansion Quiz Review

The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was primarily an attempt by the United States government to

• Give up Native American land and culture

• hire Native American Indians as military scouts

• return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes

• limit the power of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Explain what happened to Native American territory as the United States expanded West

• Native Americans were kicked off their land and forced onto reservations

• Treaties were made to keep NA land

• USA and NAs cooperated and shared land

• Natives won the various battles in the west over land

Explain why people were encouraged by the USA government to move West

• The chance to kill buffalos

• Free land with the Homestead Act, had to pay $10; live there for 5 years

• Defeating the Native Americans

• Too many jobs in the East

Explain the Push/Pull Factors for settling West (4 Push Factors and 3 Pull Factors)

Answer explanation

You can refer to Day 1 Push/Pull Factors Cornell Notes/Google Slides for review

Identify the Various Challenges with Settling the West

• Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Too many people in the West and Too many jobs in the west

• Droughts and extreme weather in the Great Plains

• Settling of new territory with the Homestead Act encouraging people to move west

• Native Americans fighting wars and battles to prevent Westward Expansion

• Having Walgreens on every corner

• Factory Jobs were widely available for settlers West

What major factors (Three) lead to the Native Americans culture and way of life ending? Explain what happened to their culture, land, and way of life.

Answer explanation

What helped USA Expansion into the West? Think of the two major events/government encouragement

The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to

• Reconstruction

• Manifest Destiny

• Establish Jim Crow Laws

• Give more rights to Native Americans