Homestead Chapter Test

The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.

• lumber to build houses

• plots of land

• seeds to grow crops

• wagons to travel out west

In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished. It made traveling out west much quicker than ever before.

• True

• False

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Meat Inspection Act

How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

• Shift from hunting to farming

• Increase of the white settlers in the West

• Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

• All of the Above

Which of the following was passed due to nativism and concerns over job competition?

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:

• Americanization

• Nativism

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

Where were Native Americans forced to relocate?

• east

• Towns

• Reservations

• Camps

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

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

What caused a rush of people to California? 

• Immigration to Mexico
• Gold
• Silver
• Farmland

Which of the following statements describes how Westward Movement affected Native Americans?

• Many Native Americans were pushed off their homelands and forced onto reservations.
• They were paid for their land so that they could buy land elsewhere.
• Americans gained a better understanding of Native American culture and began treating them with respect.
• American pioneers offered to share the land with the Native Americans.