Westward Expansion Terms

God given right to settle the west.

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• Imperialism

• Assimilation

Economic expansion:

Transcontinental Railroad

Farming

Ranching

Mining

• Impact of Manifest Destiny

• Populist Demands

  (Party Platform)

• Problems of Farmers

• Homestead Act

Gave immigrants 160 acres of land if they meet the requirements:

Head of the household

Live on the land 6 months a year for 5 years

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

Reallocated reservation lands for Native Americans to live on:

160 acres

Forced assimilation

Left over land was sold to white settlers

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

To become similar. For example, Native Americans and immigrants were expected to adopt the culture of the US; dress, religious holidays and traditions.

• Assimilation

• Reservation

• Accommodation

• Reallocation

Connected the east to the west and closed the frontier. Created economic expansion.

•  

  Transcontinental

  Railroad

• Homestead Act

• Assimilation

• Telegraph

 

 

An example of adapting to the environment. With few trees, the settlers in the plains used grass to build early homes.

• Sod House

• Reservation

• Assimilation

• Steel Plow; Mechanical Reaper

 

 

Piece of land on which Native Americans were forced to live

• Reservation

• Assimilation

• Problems of Farmers

• Manifest Destiny

Political party formed by farmers to advocate for farmer’s rights.

• Populists

• Progressives

• Agrarians

• Grangers

Gov. Control of the Railroads

Bimetallism (silver and gold)

Direct election of Senators

Elimination of Tariffs

Graduated income tax

• Populist

  Demands

• Progressive Demands

• Bull Moose Demands

• Republican Demands