*831 Manifest Destiny

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

• Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

• Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

• Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in Oregon for free

Just before the end of the war what was discovered in California?

• Dynamite

• Wagons

• Gold

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.

The Treaty of Fort Laramie was a victory for the

• Native Americans

• US settlers

The Dawes Act of 1887 was a victory for the

• Native Americans

• US settlers

What were the two leading causes of the decrease in the Native American population? (Choose TWO)

• Warfare

• Buffalo stampedes

• Disease

• Assimilation

What is a reservation?

• area of land set aside for Native Americans

• forceful removal of Native Americans from their land

• contact that sold land to US settlers

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
• provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers

The Dawes Act demonstrates that the U.S. government was seeking to:

• suppress Native American dissent for the policies of the U.S. government.

• resolve the Native American issue without further military engagement.

• cut off all future aid to Native Americans.