1.3 Westward Expansion Study Guide

The Homestead Act: (choose 3)

• Encouraged westward settlement

• Granted 160 acres to every head of household

• Created Native Tension

• was an act which granted land to Natives

A monopoly is when:

• One seller/business dominates an industry.

• A few sellers/businesses dominate an industry.

• Supply exceeds demand.

• A business offers special gifts and coupons.

This prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• National Market

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

• Clayton Anti-trust Act

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
• established the route for the Transcontinental railroad

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

• Assimilation/Americanization

• Nativistism

• Communism

• Vietnamization

Match the following vocabulary terms with the appropriate image

• Homestead Act

• 
• Assimilation

• 
• Westward Expansion

• 
• Dawes Act

• 
• Nativism

• 

This innovation helped link the country's natural resources from the west with the factories on the east.

Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

How did completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?

• The railroad led to new discoveries of precious minerals

• The railroad required immense quantities of iron and coal to build

• The railroad frightened Indian tribes, who retreated to reservations

• The railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back east