Crash Course US History #24 Westward Expansion

Who settled in the west?

• Former slaves

• Eastern American families

• Canadian Mounties

• Chinese Immigrants

How did railroads make it possible for people to settle out west?

• Railroads made mainstream vacation travel possible.

• Companies paid workers to move out west and build an extensive railroad network.

• They allowed settlers to become/remain connected.

• Without them, there would be no (efficient) way to exchange necessary goods.

White settlers moving out west most negatively impacted which people group?

• Native Americans

• Immigrants

• Former slaves

• Women

What was an effect of the Dawes Act?

• White settlers could move out west and claim land in 1862.

• Native Americans lost 86 million acres of their land.

• Native Americans kept their tribal lands in exchange for payment.

Indian children were forcefully removed from their families to be civilized at boarding schools.

• True

• False

Why did cowboys and massive cattle drives END in places like Abilene, Wichita, and Dodge City?

• There was a watering hole for the animals.

• The Homestead Act would not allow them to go further.

• The railheads were there.

Women in the west worked only in the home while the men took care of the farm/ranch.

• True

• False

Which state in 1900 was home to large commercial farms that drew immigrant workers from Asia and Mexico?

• Oregon

• New Mexico

• California

• Arizona

Industrialization, for better or worse, created a _______ that benefited more people in more places.

• agriculture

• drought

• scarcity

• surplus