Westward Expansion USII.2a-4a

The last armed conflict between the U.S. government and the Indians was

• The Battle of Little Bighorn

• Massacre at Wounded Knee

• Custer's Last Stand

• Ghost Dance Conflict

All of the following are reasons people went West after the Civil War EXCEPT

• Adventure

• Silver and Gold

• New Beginning

• Religious Freedom

The Homestead Act of 1862 provided free land to settlers, as long as they

• were a veteran of the Civil War.

• used barbed wire to mark off their land

• farmed the land for 5 years.

• won a race against others to claim land.

Which Indian leader attempted to lead his people into Canada, but was stopped 30 miles from the border?

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

The government set aside tracts of land for American Indians know as

• treaties

• assimilation

• reservations

• tribal lands

“The environment is harsh, but I am willing to put up with it, as long as I have my freedom. We are treated much better here than in the South.”

The quote above would BEST describe which reason for Westward Expansion?

• Adventure

• Gold and Silver

• Escape Poverty and Violence

• Immigration

Who led the U.S. at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Crazy Horse

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sitting Bull

• General George Armstrong Custer

Which of the following should be assigned to the #1 space on the table above?

• Nez Perce

• Iroquois

• Sioux

• Chief Joseph

During Westward Expansion Indians suffered a reduction in population through

• assimilation and treaties

• warfare and disease

• drought and disease

• wildfires and dust storms

Which of the following is NOT an invention that helped people live on the Great Plains?

• Steel Plow

• Bicycle

• Sod Houses

• Barbed Wire