Westward Expansion/Gilded Age

What is the definition of manifest destiny?

• The belief that the US must take over the west or risk war with native Americans.

• The belief that new farming methods were superior to native hunting methods

• The belief that it was clear that the United States would take over the west

• The belief that trains were superior forms of transportation to horses

What act motivated many people to move to new lands in the west?

• Jayhawker Act

• Homestead Act

• Free Land Act

• Indian Removal Act

What happened to native populations as buffalo populations decreased?

• Native populations increased.

• Native populations stayed the same.

• Native populations decreased.

The Dawes Act...

• gave Native Americans more land
• forced the native population onto reservations
• borrowed land from the Native Americans
• none of the above

The Exodusters were...

• former slaves
• current slaves
• current ranchers
• former ranchers

The following is one of the things that "closed" the open range.

• tractors
• tumbleweed
• barbed wire
• wild pokemon

Which of the following limited the number of Chinese immigrants that could enter the US?

• Chinese Kick-Out Act
• Chinese Removal Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Chinese Excursion Act

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

• the railroads helped the NA move east

• Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

• the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

• the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

• to bring an end to cattle drives
• to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
• to build the Transcontinental Railroad
• to provide a market for steel plows

An increase in political corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization took place during the-

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Roaring 20's

• Great Depression