Gilded Age Moving West

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

Match the following

• Had to live on the land for 5 years to own

• Rural

• City

• Homestead Act

• Land taken away from Natives

• Urban

• Countryside

• Dawes Act

Reorder the following

• Government takes away land from Natives in Dawes Act

• Government offers land to immigrants

• Natives are forced to move & population declines

• Immigrants arrive in the US

• Cities are overpopulated

___________ means city

________ means countryside or outside the city

Compliance with the provisions of this law allowed a Native American to:

• enlist in the military.

• own property.

• create a sovereign government.

• become a U.S. citizen.

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

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 the West for free

All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:

• Native Americans were moved from reservations

• Native Americans died from new diseases

• Native Americans were paid well for their land

• Native Americans were stripped of their culture

Which was NOT a result of the Homestead Act

• Encouraged westward settlement

• Granted 160 acres to every head of household

• Created problems with Native Americans

• Equal treatment of Native Americans