Westward Expansion Mod 1

This act gave any citizen or intended citizen of the United States 160 acres of free land if they cultivated it and lived on it for 5 years. 

• Homestead Act 
• Dawes Act 
• Pacific Railway Act 
• Morrill Act 

This act have federal lands to railroad companies to complete a transcontinental railroad connecting the East and West coast of the United States 

• Kansas-Nebraska Act 
• Pacific Railway Act 
• Dawes Act 
• Homestead Act 

Required Indian to live within clearly defined land zones where they were isolated from everybody else. 

• Bureau of Indian Affairs 
• Missouri Compromise 
• Trail of Tears 
• Reservations 

Who was the brave Apache leader who fought against the United States and avoided capture for two years?

• Crazy Horse
• Sitting Bull
• Chief Joseph
• Geronimo

What was the final battle/massacre of Plains Indians war?

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Ghost Dance

• Nez Perce

What are some climate issues that Pioneers had to face when moving west?

• Animals
• No food 
• Wagon trains
• Droughts, floods, tornadoes, dust storms

What government grant gave 160 acres of land to pioneers to farm for 5 years?

• New Land Act
• Homestead Act
• Free Land Act
• Welcome Home Act

Which two groups had a conflict over barbed wire?

• Cowboys and Farmers
• Slaves and Owners
• Native Americans and Farmers
• Railroad workers and Buffalo

Who was the US general who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn?

• General Neil Armstrong
• General George Custer
• General Ulysses Grant
• General John Smith

Where did the two railroads finally meet?

• Sacramento

• Promontory Summit

• Sierra Nevada

• Washington DC..