New West

Which of the following was not an impact of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It allowed Native Americans to travel around the US

• It helped African Americans gain equality

• It helped the economy by allowing to move goods from coast to coast.

• It gave access to lands on the East Coast

Why did Chief Joseph stop fighting with settlers and the government?

• To end suffering and save lives

• To negotiate with the government

• To settle the land and farm

• To leave for Canada

What did the Homestead Act grant to settlers?

• 160 acres of land to farm

• Plots of land to mine for gold

• Jobs on the railroad

• Money to buy land from Native Americans

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

• Help African Americans move west

• Encourage farmers to plant more crops

• Buy land for the Railroad

• Make Native Americans farmers

What best describes a Boomtown?

• Towns grow, and merchants prosper as miners move to the area

• A town that no longer has gold

• Miners strike it rich, the town grows

• Railroad comes to town

What best describes a Ghost town?

• The town is expanding very quickly

• The railroad leaves the town

• After a while, the mines produce less, and people abandon the town

• People are getting rich from the mine

Why did the Dawes act fail?

• Whites broke their treaties with Native Americans

• Whites destroyed buffalo herds

• Native Americans did not usually become farmers

• Native Americans wanted to become Americanized

Using the map, why did cattle trails head North?

• Most cattle trails did not head North

• Mining areas were far away from the railroad

• Cattle trails were used to bring cattle to the railroad to be sold at market

• Railroads connected Canada to Mexico

How did the railroad impact Native Americans? Pick all that apply.

• The Railroad brought white settlers who took the land to farm

• White settlers killed the buffalo that the Native Americans relied on

• It disrupted the Native American's way of life

• Native Americans were happy to see the settlers

What was the US government's goal for Native Americans? Select all that apply.

• To take away their culture

• To make Native Americans more like white settlers

• Have Native Americans farm

• To let the Natives live as they pleased